Trump slashes 25% of IRS workforce with buyouts, firings of nearly 26,000 agency staff

Trump slashes 25% of IRS workforce with buyouts, firings of nearly 26,000 agency staff

The administration has slashed the IRS workforce by nearly 26,000 people through buyouts and firings, marking a 25% reduction in staffing as President Trump works to reverse President Biden’s buildup at the tax agency.

The cuts sliced through some of the most prominent IRS divisions, taking out 27% of the tax examiners and 26% of the revenue agents, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration said.

Information technology is shedding 23% of its workforce, and the management and analysis division will lose 28% of its staff.

“These separations will have nationwide implications,” the inspector general said.

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