IRS swaps its chief counsel for a lawyer friendly with DOGE, AP sources say
The Internal Revenue Service’s acting chief counsel, William Paul, has been removed from his role at the agency and replaced ...
A government program made tax filing free and more efficient. Musk and DOGE may get rid of it anyway
The fate of the IRS Direct File program is unclear as Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency cleave their way ...
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 high-wealth tax dodgers and could spell disaster for revenue collections.
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DOGE Staffer Arrives at Internal Revenue Service Headquarters
WASHINGTON—A key staff member of the Department of Government Efficiency arrived Thursday at the headquarters of the Internal Revenue Service to review the tax agency’s operations, according ...
The IRS is drafting plans to cut as much as half of its 90,000-person workforce, AP sources say
The IRS is drafting plans to try to cut its workforce of roughly 90,000 people in half through a mix of layoffs, attrition ...
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Papua New Guinea's Internal Revenue Commission hit in major cyber attack but public only told of 'system outage'
The Internal Revenue Commission was hit two weeks ago but is yet to advise the public, only saying there has been a "system outage" that has affected its network. The ABC understands Australia ...
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The IRS is drafting plans to cut as much as half of its 90,000-person workforce, sources say
The Internal Revenue Service is drafting plans to cut its workforce by as much as half through a mix of layoffs, attrition and incentivized buyouts, according to two people familiar with the ...
New York Post21d
Trump wants to abolish IRS after tariff revenues make ‘whole economy explode,’ new Commerce secretary Howard Lutnick reveals
One of President Trump’s objectives over the next four years is to have US revenues from tariffs become so massive that the Internal Revenue Service is no longer needed, his commerce secretary ...
Fox Business21d
Commerce secretary shares Trump's 'goal' to abolish the IRS
More details have emerged from the Trump administration about alleged plans to get rid of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and utilize tariffs so the "whole economy explodes." "His goal is to ...
UPI22d
More than 6,000 IRS workers to be laid off before end of week
Feb. 20 (UPI) --At least 6,000 federal employees of the Internal Revenue Service were expected to receive termination notices by the end of Friday, just ahead of the peak March-April tax filing ...
USA Today21d
Could IRS layoffs affect your 2025 tax refund? How to check refund status, schedule
As President Donald Trump’s administration continues to make aggressive cuts across the federal government, one agency being hit hard is the Internal Revenue Service. More than 6,000 IRS ...
Reuters28d
IRS prepares to lay off thousands of workers
Feb 14 (Reuters) - The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is preparing to fire thousands of workers in the coming days, a move that could squeeze resources at the tax-collecting agency during the ...