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

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 ...

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

IRS Scrambles To Get Out Cash Payments But Faces Staffing And Systems Challenges Over the past 10 years, the IRS budget ... Everson and Olson also raised concerns that the IRS workforce is further ...

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 ...

The IRS faces a challenging landscape for the 2026 tax filing season, marked by a drastic workforce reduction and significant budget cuts.

Lawmakers noted their letter comes as “recent IRS staffing challenges caused by the Trump Administration” have complicated ...

IRS officials said there is no risk of violating its pledge to not use its new funding to target taxpayers earning less than $400,000 per year as “employee attrition and hiring challenges will ...

According to a recent report , opens new tab from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA), more than 11,000 IRS employees — approximately 11% of the agency's workforce ...

Since Democrats first put their bill forward, Republicans have thrust IRS hiring into the political spotlight. When the Biden administration first floated the $80 billion in IRS funding total as ...

The IRS is reportedly making plans to lay off up to half of its 90,000-person ... "Challenges in customer service and workforce capacity stem from decisions made by policymakers and leadership that ...

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 ...