The Internal Revenue Service has launched a sweeping round of layoffs that could eliminate up to a quarter of its workforce, with thousands of jobs on the chopping block starting this week.
According to multiple sources familiar with the matter, the first wave includes a dramatic downsizing of the IRS Office of Civil Rights and Compliance.
Fewer than 200 people work in the office, but about 75% of those positions are expected to be eliminated, with remaining staff absorbed into the agency’s legal department. The plan is part of the Trump administration’s ongoing campaign to reduce the size of the federal government under the Department of Government Efficiency, led by billionaire Elon Musk.
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