According to the Associated Press, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is reportedly reducing thousands of trial workers as the tax season increases.
The news comes days after the Trump administration directed agencies to fire most probation workers who have not yet obtained protection from civil servants.
The Associated Press reported that layoffs could affect hundreds of thousands of people, although the exact figures have not been determined.
The Associated Press reported that it would fire thousands of IRS employees.
Trump signs order directing Doge to mass cuts in federal labor
In addition to layoffs, the president Donald Trump It was announced on January 29 that federal employees would be fired if they did not return to work in person in early February.
The acquisition offer has been expanded and has been accepted by approximately 65,000 employees.
According to the Associated Press, the IRS (IRS) IRS employees involved in the 2025 tax season are not eligible for acquisitions until the taxpayer filing deadline, according to recent letters sent to IRS employees.
In January, Americans benefited from the increased funding, the IRS said. (Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg by Getty Image)
Legislators from states, most federal workers per capita workers warning Trump buys bid
this Ministry of Government Efficiency (Doge)The task is to eliminate wasteful government spending and increase efficiency, aiming to cut $2 trillion from the federal government budget by eliminating plans and pruning the federal labor force.
In January, the IRS announced that it was “working to continue using the success of the 2023 and 2024 tax seasons.”
According to a September 20023 report by the House Oversight Committee, the Biden administration’s Democratic Democrats invested 87,000 new IRS agents.
The oversight committee claims the funds are used to hire agents specifically targeting middle-class Americans.
Former President Joe Biden has provided $80 billion in additional funding to the IRS. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
According to a statement from the IRS in January, service levels in the past two application seasons were about 85%, with waiting time less than five minutes. The number of taxpayers served by national taxpayer assistance centers has also increased significantly.
“This is a period of historic improvements for the IRS, and people will see other tools and features to help them in this tax,” IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel wrote in a statement. Seasonal tax filing. ” “Thus taxpayer-focused improvements are important so far, but they are just the beginning of what the IRS needs to do. There is more to do with continuous investment in the national tax system.”
According to the Associated Press, the IRS is expected to obtain more than 140 million tax returns.
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As of Saturday night, the IRS and the Treasury Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News numbers.
