The 2026 tax season could be rough, with IRS staff cuts and budget woes likely causing delays and service issues for taxpayers.

The IRS's progress in improving tax compliance in recent years has been threatened by cuts in funding and hiring, according ...

The workforce is going to be a key part of any organizational transformation at the IRS, said experts during a panel on the tax agency workforce hosted by the National Academy of Public ...

As reported by Kiplinger, the layoffs at the IRS impacted nearly every division. By the end of the 2025 tax season, more than 25% of the agency’s workforce had been cut down via layoffs, buyouts, or ...

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 ...

Taxpayers could face significant hurdles during the 2026 tax filing season after the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) reduced ...

Buyouts and layoffs, together, thinned the IRS workforce from 102,113 to 75,702, according to the advocate’s report. The cuts ...

T he Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is on the brink of a major transformation as it drafts a plan to cut its workforce by half. This move comes after the agency began President Trump's term with ...

The IRS disclosed that it was drafting a plan to reduce its workforce by half. The agency started Trump’s presidency with almost 100K employees, but nearly 7K have been laid off since February ...