IRS cuts over 6,000 jobs in the middle of tax season

February 20, 2025 - 2:51pm EST
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The IRS is cutting more than 6,000 jobs this week, as part of the Trump administration's downsizing of the overall federal workforce. The job cuts at the IRS come in the middle of the tax-filing season.

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