The 2026 tax season could be rough, with IRS staff cuts and budget woes likely causing delays and service issues for taxpayers.

The workforce is going to be a key part of any organizational transformation at the IRS, said experts during a panel on the tax agency workforce hosted by the National Academy of Public ...

As reported by Kiplinger, the layoffs at the IRS impacted nearly every division. By the end of the 2025 tax season, more than 25% of the agency’s workforce had been cut down via layoffs, buyouts, or ...

Buyouts and layoffs, together, thinned the IRS workforce from 102,113 to 75,702, according to the advocate’s report. The cuts ...

T he Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is on the brink of a major transformation as it drafts a plan to cut its workforce by half. This move comes after the agency began President Trump's term with ...

The IRS disclosed that it was drafting a plan to reduce its workforce by half. The agency started Trump’s presidency with almost 100K employees, but nearly 7K have been laid off since February ...

If the IRS workforce is reduced by 50%, the nonpartisan Yale Budget Lab projects that lost revenues could amount to $395 billion over a 10-year period. Cuts could also increase the number of ...

July 02, 2025 - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is facing a steep workforce reduction that threatens its capacity to assist businesses just as many confront growing uncertainty around global ...

IRS Scrambles To Get Out Cash Payments But Faces Staffing And Systems Challenges Over the past 10 years, the IRS budget has been reduced by roughly 20%, leaving the agency with aging technology ...