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He Internal Income Service (According to reports, IRS) is reducing thousands of test workers as the tax season increases, according to Associated Press.
The announcement occurs a few days after the Trump administration instructed the agencies to shoot most of the test workers who have not secured the protection of the civil service.
The layoffs could potentially affect hundreds of thousands of people, although the exact number has not yet been confirmed, the AP said.
Associated Press reported that thousands of IRS employees will be fired.
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In addition to the trial cuts, president Donald Trump He announced on January 29 that federal employees would be fired if they did not return to work in person in early February.
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Associated Press reported that IRS employees involved in the 2025 tax season, which began on January 27, are not eligible for purchase until after the taxpayer’s submission deadline, according to a letter recently sent to employees of the employees of the Irs.
The IRS said in January in January that Americans have benefited from greater financing. (Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg through Getty Images)
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He Government Efficiency Department (DOGE)which has the task of eliminating wasteful government spending and increased efficiency, aims to reduce $ 2 billion from the federal government budget by eliminating programs and cut the federal workforce.
In January, the IRS announced that it was “working to continue with the success of tax presentation seasons 2023 and 2024 possible with additional resources.”
He Biden administrationThe Democratic Inflation Reduction Law dedicated $ 80 billion to hire 87,000 new IRS agents, according to a September 2023 report of the Chamber’s Supervision Committee.
The Supervision Committee said the funds were used to use agents that were specifically Middle class Americans.
Former President Joe Biden provided $ 80 billion in additional funds to IRS. (Jacquelyn Martin/Ap/Bloomberg through Getty Images)
The last two presentation seasons saw service levels at approximately 85% and waiting times with an average of less than 5 minutes in the main telephone lines, according to an IRS statement in January. There was also a significant increase in the number of taxpayers served in taxpayers assistance centers throughout the country.
“This has been a historical period of improvement for IRS, and people will see additional tools and characteristics to help them present their taxes in this tax season,” wrote the IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel in the statement. “These improvements centered on the taxpayers that we have made so far are important, but they are only the beginning of what the IRS should do. It can be done more with continuous investment in the fiscal system of the nation.”
The IRS hopes to receive more than 140 million tax statements, according to the AP.
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