The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will fire around 7,000 workers across Washington and across the country starting Thursday, a plan-savvy told The Associated Press.
The layoffs affected probation employees who have services for less than a year at the agency, and who spoke on condition of anonymity on Wednesday, without authority to disclose plans. It is mainly included. Compliance work includes ensuring that taxpayers adhere to tax laws, submitting returns and paying taxes.
The layoffs are part of the Trump administration’s strengthened efforts and efforts to reduce the size of the federal workforce through what is called “government efficiency.” They were told earlier this month that IRS employees involved in the 2025 tax season would not be allowed to accept a purchase offer from the Trump administration until mid-May after taxpayers filed it. No, they’re coming.
It is unclear how layoffs will affect tax collection services this year. As a national revenue collector, the IRS has a debt of $3.6 billion during the Biden administration, targeting additional revenue streams to the US. By the end of 2024, the IRS had collected over $1.3 billion in back taxes from the Dodgers, a wealth of tax.
According to the latest IRS data, the IRS has a total of approximately 90,000 employees across the US. People of color make up 56% of the IRS workforce, while women make up 65%.
In addition to the planned layoffs, the Trump administration intends to lend IRS workers to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to help enforce immigrants. In a letter sent earlier this month, DHS secretary Christie Noem asked Treasury Secretary Scott Bescent to borrow IRS workers to support ongoing immigration crackdown efforts. .
Representatives from the IRS and the US Treasury did not respond to requests for comment from the Associated Press.
