Through fiscal year 2023, the IRS examined 0.44% of individual returns filed for tax years 2013 through 2021, according to the latest IRS Data Book.

IRS has shrunk by 25%, mostly through voluntary separation incentives, while the Social Security Administration plans to shed ...

Some IRS managers have decided to “voluntarily downgrade” to non-management roles, because the pay “does not justify the ...

Before Donald Trump and Elon Musk had a bitter falling out over Trump's "big, beautiful bill," the president praised Musk's work with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) as a huge saving ...

The IRS is reevaluating how to gauge the more than 150 taxpayer service improvement projects it had been pursuing before staffing and budget cuts this year.

This week on Tax Breaks, Forbes Senior Editor Kelly Phillips Erb is talking about job losses at IRS, taxpayer privacy, the House and Senate making progress on the budget, changing your name, taxes ...

Experts say the layoffs of roughly 7,000 IRS workers likely mean the end of the agency’s plans to go after high-wealth tax dodgers and could spell disaster for revenue collections.

IRS high-income taxpayer audits in doubt after layoffs By Michael Cohn July 14, 2025, 3:40 p.m. EDT 3 Min Read Internal Revenue Service headquarters in Washington, D.C.

KEY TAKEAWAYS The 2025 tax filing season ran smoothly despite thousands of IRS layoffs, but the 2026 tax filing season could be challenging for the agency.An IRS watchdog reported that more than a ...

Trump IRS layoffs Lawmakers noted their letter to Long comes as “recent IRS staffing challenges caused by the Trump Administration” have complicated the processing of outstanding tax refunds.

Shannon Ellis, head of the local IRS employees union, at her home in Liberty, Missouri. Shannon Ellis, head of the union that represents Kansas City IRS employees, said the Trump administration ...