The Trump administration wants to cut the IRS workforce by 20% by May 15—including those who have already left or were fired, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Officials at the Elon Musk-led group advising the administration want Acting IRS Commissioner Melanie Krause to eliminate 18,141 jobs across the agency, the source said. This includes the roughly 12,000 employees terminated as part of new-hire layoffs and those who took a deferred resignation offer.
The largest job cuts would be in enforcement at 8,260 of employees, followed by taxpayer services with 3,247, and a small portion in information technology, ...