Fox News Digital learned Wednesday that the Trump administration’s Treasury Department is in a situation where it weighs the “broad” possibilities to simplify the IRS.
“The Treasury Department is considering various possible simplification plans based on the Trump administration’s focus on efficiency and deficit reduction,” a Treasury spokesman told Fox News Digital on Wednesday afternoon.
“No plans have been approved so far, but modernization must be carried out to keep up with the process of Americans filing taxes, including the reality that 90% of the above personal tax returns were made electronically,” the spokesperson continued. “These changes are intended to improve customer service for taxpayers and ensure a smooth and successful filing season.”
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The Fox Digital Society learned that the Treasury is weighing options on how to simplify the institution. (Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg by Getty Image)
A Treasury Department spokesman spoke with Fox News Digital, which reported that half of the IRS’ approximately 90,000 employees could be terminated.
The Associated Press reported Tuesday that the U.S. Taxation Service is drafting a termination plan as part of the government’s Efficiency Department’s mission to audit federal agencies and eliminate government overspending, mismanagement and fraud.
Thousands of employees of the Trump administration have been fired as they work to reduce the federal government and pass Trump’s “America First” policies, including the Department of Health and Human Services, the U.S. International Development Agency and the Department of Energy, including the Department of Health and Human Services, the U.S. International Development Agency and the Department of Energy have been fired. The agency specifically terminated probation employees who have not yet obtained full-time jobs in the federal government because they are the most recent employees, or are simply reassigned to new positions within the government.
President Donald Trump and Finance Secretary Scott Bays (Getty Image)
So far, the IRS has terminated approximately 7,000 probation employees.
According to the Associated Press, the Trump administration also reportedly plans to redistribute some IRS agents to assist the Department of Homeland Security through immigration enforcement. President Donald Trump sent IRS agents to the border in January after the inauguration.
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“On the first day, I immediately stopped hiring any new IRS agents,” Trump said at a rally in January in Circa Resort & Casino Las Vegas. “They hire or try to hire 88,000 new workers to follow you. We are developing a plan to terminate all workers, or maybe we can move them to the border. I think we will move them to the border.”
The IRS is preparing for a restructuring as the Treasury weighs the options for modern agents. (J. David Ake/AP)
He continued: “They are so powerful on guns where they are allowed to carry guns, but these people are allowed to carry guns so we might move them to the border.”
Under the IRS Code, certain special IRS agents are allowed to carry firearms as part of their duties, 26th U.S. Code 7608.
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The Department of Homeland Security wrote to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in February asking the IRS to provide an agent for immigration enforcement. (Getty)
The Department of Homeland Security wrote to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in February asking the IRS to provide an agent for immigration enforcement in immigration and customs enforcement.
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DHS Secretary Kristi Noem signed the letter, saying Trump directed her agency to “take all appropriate lawsuits to supplement available personnel to secure the southern border and enforce U.S. immigration laws “even if the agency’s power is leveraged to perform immigration functions on behalf of federal employees.
The Trump administration reportedly plans to redistribute some IRS agents to assist the Department of Homeland Security through immigration enforcement. (James Breeden for New York Post)/Large Post
The Treasury Department began streamlining the IRS efforts during the tax season, and the federal government expects Americans’ personal income tax returns to be filed on April 15.
Greg Wehner of Fox News Digital contributed to the report.
