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The IRS is drafting plans to cut as much as half of its 90,000-person workforce, AP sources say

The IRS is planning to reduce its workforce by as much as half through layoffs, attrition, and incentivized buyouts, according to two anonymous sources.
The IRS currently employs roughly 90,000 workers across the United States, according to IRS data.
A White House memo requires federal agencies to report on reduction plans by March 13, but approval for the IRS plan remains uncertain.
John Koskinen, a former IRS Commissioner, stated that a reduction of tens of thousands of employees would render the IRS 'dysfunctional'.

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DOGE's Cuts in One IRS Division Are Perplexing

The IRS is working on a plan that would see its 90,000-strong workforce reduced by as much as half, the AP 's sources say. The cuts would come as part of President Trump's DOGE-led moves to pare down the size of the federal workforce, and would add to the...

6 hours ago·Miami, United States

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WLTReport

BREAKING: IRS Plans To Fire HALF Of Its 90,000 Staff! * 100PercentFedUp.com * by Noah

I’ve been telling you for months now that President Trump has his eyes set on ending the IRS! Step one? Fire half the staff: JUST IN: IRS drafts plans to fire half of its 90,000-person staff. — Watcher.Guru (@WatcherGuru) March 4, 2025 The AP confirmed: The IRS is drafting plans to cut its workforce by as much as half through a mix of layoffs, attrition and incentivized buyouts, according to two people familiar with the situation. The people s…

10 hours ago

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DNyuz

IRS reportedly planning to slash workforce by 40,000 employees

The Internal Revenue Service is reportedly cutting 40,000 of its 90,000-person workforce, according to sources that spoke to the Associated Press. The report cited people with knowledge of the plan who asked for anonymity because they were not authorized to release details. President Donald Trump has said that he plans to reduce taxes imposed on citizens by replacing revenue through tariffs imposed on foreign imports. Former IRS commissioner J…

10 hours ago

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Democracy Now!

Trump Administration Plans to Cut IRS Workforce in Half

The Trump administration is preparing to slash the Internal Revenue Service’s 90,000-person workforce in half through a mix of layoffs, attrition and buyouts. That’s on top of the roughly 7,000 IRS workers already laid off since Trump took office, most of them probationary workers fired as part of Elon Musk’s mass purge of federal workers who lack civil service protections. Last month, seven former IRS commissioners, spanning both Democratic and…

11 hours ago·New York, United States

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Fox News

Trump Treasury confirms it's eyeing IRS for 'streamlining' shake-up as tax season heats up

The Trump administration's Treasury Department is considering a "wide range" of possibilities to streamline the tax agency, Fox News Digital learned.

13 hours ago·New York, United States

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Alternet

Revealed: DOGE’s cuts to the IRS threaten to cost more than DOGE will ever save

Dave Nershi was finalizing a report he’d worked on for months when an ominous email appeared in his inbox.Nershi had worked as a general engineer for the Internal Revenue Service for about nine months. He was one of hundreds of specialists inside the IRS who used their technical expertise — Nershi’s background is in chemical and nuclear engineering — to audit byzantine tax returns filed by large corporations and wealthy individuals. Until recent…

13 hours ago·Washington, United States

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