Roommates, go up in this one! This fiscal season, the IRS reduces much more than reimbursement checks. According to The Associated PressThe internal Revenue Service will dismiss thousands of probation workers in the middle of the season. Official unadred Elon Musk and his DOGE (Government Department of Effectiveness) are partly at the origin of future layoffs.
Two sources familiar with the agency’s plans revealed this news at AP. The wild part? The cuts could occur this week.
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Why does IRS put people?
Local offense is part of the Trump administration’s intensified efforts to reduce the size of the federal workforce. The agencies were ordered to drop almost all probationary employees. This means that IRS will probably start anyone who has not yet acquired public service protection. For the moment, we do not know how many workers of the IRS will be affected.
Previously, the administration has announced a plan to offer buybacks to almost all federal employees through a “delayed resignation program”. This program was to quickly reduce the government’s workforce. The deadline for the program was on February 6, and administration officials said that employees who accepted could stop working while collecting a pay check until September 30.
However, the employees of the internal income service did not receive the buyout option. According to a letter recently sent to agency employees, the employees involved in the 2025 tax season will not be authorized to accept a buy -back offer from the Trump administration until the deadline for deposit of taxpayers.
The official start date of the 2025 tax season took place on January 27. Meanwhile, the IRS provides more than 140 million income declarations by the deadline of April 15.
Trump and Elon Musk are improvements in the cancellation of the Biden administration
The Biden administration has invested massively in IRS thanks to a infusion of funds of $ 80 billion in the law on the reduction of the inflation of democrats. The law included plans to hire tens of thousands of new employees to help customers and application. He also aimed to invest in new technologies to update the tax collection agency.
However, the Republicans managed to recover this money. Billionaire Elon Musk and his ministry of government efficiency have called on the United States to “suppress entire agencies” from the federal government to radically reduce spending and restructure its priorities.
Elected officials are trying to fight against the DOGE plans. Prosecutors General of 14 States filed a legal action Thursday, February 13, with a Washington DC Federal Court. The costume Questions the authority of Elon and Doge to access the sensitive data of the government and to exercise a “practically uncontrolled power”.
In addition, the trial stresses that Elon’s actions via DOGE can only be taken by an official appointed and confirmed by the Senate. He cites constitutional provisions which delimit the powers of the Congress and the President.
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The journalist of Associated Press, Fatima Hussein, contributed to this report.
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