internal revenue service

IRS fires 6,000 employees as Trump slashes US government

A tearful executive at the U.S. Internal Revenue Service told staffers on Thursday that about 6,000 employees would be fired, a person familiar with the matter said, in a move that would eliminate roughly 6% of the agency's workforce in the midst of the busy tax-filing season.

The New York Times · 2h

I.R.S. Fires 6,700 Employees Amid Tax Filing Season

The layoffs at the Internal Revenue Service came alongside additional firings at the Transportation Security Administration and the C.I.A.

Hosted on MSN · 2h

IRS offers direct filing service for the 2025 tax season

All taxpayers who lived and worked in California for all of 2024 are eligible as long as they filed certain income documents

The Wall Street Journal on MSN · 3h

IRS Begins to Fire 6,000 Workers, Threatening Tax-Season Delays

Some collections and audits are likely to be paused, and one-on-one personal service is set to be more limited.

1hon MSN

IRS layoffs could hurt revenue collection and foil efforts to go after rich tax dodgers, experts say

Experts say the layoffs of roughly 7,000 IRS probationary workers likely mean the end of the agency’s plans to go after ...

3hon MSN

Trump officials want to rewrite tax season. Cross your fingers and file like normal, experts say.

DOGE wants access to filers’ data, and the commerce secretary says Trump wants to scrap the IRS altogether. But filing a ...

IRS layoffs underway around the country as millions prepare to file taxes

The IRS has begun laying off more than 6,000 new and newly promoted employees across the country as part of the push to slash ...

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Trump wants to ‘abolish’ the IRS and replace it with tariffs. Can it work?

No one wants to pay taxes, and practically every American dislikes the IRS. But, as the saying goes, the only guarantees in life are death and taxes. So the IRS is here to stay.

Falls Church News-Press18h

Warner, Colleagues Warn IRS that Staffing Cuts will Wreak Havoc on Tax Refunds, Taxpayer Service, and Undermine Law Enforcement

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, joined colleagues in warning ...

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DOGE Staffer Arrives at Internal Revenue Service Headquarters

Ron Wyden of Oregon, the top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, said in a posting on X that his office was “hearing ...

Mises Institute5h

External Revenue or Protectionism: A Tariff Can’t be Both

Either tariffs raise revenue from foreign imports or make imports expensive enough to protect domestic producers, not both. There is nothing magical about ...