The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is said to be cutting thousands of probation workers while the tax season rises, according to the Associated Press.
The announcement comes only a few days after the Trump administration has instructed to dismiss the most probation workers who have not protected the protection of the officials.
The dismissals may affect hundreds of thousands of people, although the exact number has not yet been confirmed, the AP reported.
The Associated Press reported that thousands of IRS employees are being fired.
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In addition to the probationary cuts, president Donald Trump announced on January 29 that federal employees would be fired if they did not return to personal work at the beginning of February.
A buyout offer, that has been expanded, has already been accepted by around 65,000 employees.
The Associated Press reported that IRS employees involved in the tax season of 2025, which started on January 27, are not eligible for the buy -out until after the taxpayer’s deadline, according to a letter recently to IRS employees sent.
The IRS said in January, Americans benefited from increased financing. (Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty images)
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The Department of Efficiency of the Government (Doge)What is responsible for eliminating wasteful government spending and increasing efficiency aims to cut $ 2 trillion from the federal government budget by eliminating programs and reducing the federal workforce.
In January the IRS announced that it “worked to continue the success of the tax return seasons of 2023 and 2024, made possible with extra resources.”
The Biden AdministrationThe Inflative Education Act of the Democrats devoted $ 80 billion to hire 87,000 new IRS agents, according to a report of September 2023 of the House Oversight Committee.
The supervisory committee claimed that the funds were used to hire agents who were specifically aimed Middle class Americans.
Former President Joe Biden provided $ 80 billion in extra financing to the IRS. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP/Bloomberg via Getty images)
The last two archiving seasons have seen levels of service at around 85% and waiting times on average less than 5 minutes on the headphone lines, according to a statement from the IRS in January. There was also a significant increase in the number of taxpayers that are served in national auxiliary centers for taxpayers.
“This has been a historical period of improvement for the IRS, and people will see extra tools and functions to help them submit their taxes this tax season,” wrote IRS commissioner Danny Werfel in the statement. “These taxpayers-oriented improvements that we have made so far are important, but they are just the start of what the IRS should do. More can be made with continuous investments in the tax system of the nation.”
According to the AP, the IRS expects to receive more than 140 million tax returns.
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