The IRS is reportedly planning to cut its workforce by up to 50% through layoffs and buyouts, driven by the Trump administration's broader goals to reduce the federal workforce. This initiative is part of a wider strategy involving closures of various agencies and incentivized buyouts for nearly all federal employees. Critics, including former IRS commissioner John Koskinen, warn that such cuts could severely disrupt the agency's functionality, especially given that the IRS currently employs approximately 90,000 staff members, a majority of whom are women and people of color.
The IRS 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 situation.
A reduction in force of tens of thousands of employees would render the IRS 'dysfunctional,' said John Koskinen, a former IRS commissioner.
The federal tax collector employs roughly 90,000 workers total across the United States, according to the latest IRS data.
Already, roughly 7,000 probationary IRS employees with roughly one year or less of service were laid off from the organization in February.
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