At least one member of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency team visited the Internal Revenue Service offices in Washington on Thursday as part of its mission to evaluate and potentially downsize government agencies,

The Internal Revenue Service will lay off 6,700 workers in Washington, D.C., and around the U.S. beginning Thursday, a government official told NewsNation. As of May 2024, the agency had more than 94,

The "Department of Government Efficiency" is set to hobble the ability of the Internal Revenue Service to collect taxes, The Washington Post reported on Friday. President Donald Trump and his billiona

Mass layoffs by the Internal Revenue Service across the country impacted dozens of workers in Denver on Thursday. The IRS was planning to lay off roughly 7,000 workers in Washington and around the country,

Elon Musk’s DOGE team is heading to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and seeking access to data that includes detailed financial information about every taxpayer. According to a report from the Washington Post,

Elon Musk and DOGE are trying to get their hands on some of the most sensitive information the Internal Revenue Service has to offer: data on every single taxpayer, business, and nonprofit, according to The Washington Post.

The official, Doug O’Donnell, a 40-year veteran of the I.R.S., was elevated last month, after the last commissioner stepped down at the beginning of President Trump’s term.

The layoffs at the Internal Revenue Service came alongside additional firings at the Transportation Security Administration and the C.I.A.

The tax agency is laying off 7,000 employees, but there are protections for taxpayers whose refund payments are delayed.

While federal workers are concentrated around Washington, D.C., there are thousands more in cities throughout the country. Laying them off will impact those local economies.

Washington DC's current economic state resembles that of the 2008 financial crisis. Unemployment filings and job losses are at their worst.

The IRS will lay off thousands of probationary workers in the middle of tax season, according to two sources familiar with the agency’s plans, and cuts could come as soon as next week.