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The tax agency overall is down a quarter of its staff through a combination of deferred resignations, retirements and RIFs, ...
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is bracing for a challenging 2026 tax season following a significant reduction in its ...
The Trump administration is warning of dire consequences if it cannot reverse the tax agency's recent staffing exodus.
Staffing shortfalls and intricate new policies are complicating efforts at the Treasury Department and IRS to meet President ...
According to the most recent IRS “Data Book” (released at the end of May 2025), 2024 had actually brought a reduction in wait times for the 62.2 million U.S. taxpayers who contacted the agency ...
“With the IRS workforce reduced by 26% and significant tax law changes on the horizon, there are risks to next year’s filing season,” Collins wrote. “It is critical that the IRS begin to ...
At the IRS, over 20,000 have already taken buyouts. Internal memos make clear that these cuts are being made with full awareness of their impact. One such memo stated, “taxpayer services and ...
These unprecedented cuts, as noted by the Yale Budget Lab, would impact every corner of the country, including about 10% of the IRS workforce in Wisconsin. A weakened federal tax collector could ...
IRS data show that the audit rate for personal income tax has decreased by about two-thirds since 2010, declining to just 0.36% in 2023.
“With the IRS workforce reduced by 26% and significant tax law changes on the horizon, there are risks to next year’s filing season,” Collins wrote. "It is critical that the IRS begin to ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The budget bill championed by President Donald Trump could complicate next year’s tax filing season after the IRS lost one-quarter of its employees through staffing cuts, an ...