The IRS sent RIF notices to nearly 80% of staff at the Office of Civil Rights and Compliance, but kept layoffs on hold after a recent Supreme Court ruling.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.