Home Taxes Fewer Agents, Fewer Audits: How IRS Staff Cuts Are Changing Enforcement Significant reductions in the IRS workforce appear to be increasing the number of 'no change' audit closures.

IRS nominee who sponsored legislation to abolish the agency faces pointed questions Rep. Billy Long, R-Mo., asks questions during a House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health hearing May 14 ...

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IRS staff were also told via email on Friday that the Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Taxpayer Services would see layoffs. It's unclear how many employees will be affected.

Former IRS Commissioner Doug O’Donnell Doug O'Donnell took over as acting commissioner at the IRS after Werfel resigned. He began serving in January 2025 and left one month later when he retired.

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Opinion How a new IRS program's demise fits with Trump's predatory economy The elimination of the Direct File program is the tax prep industry’s gain — but a major loss for American taxpayers.

After the Trump administration demanded and received sensitive taxpayer information at the IRS as part of the White House’s anti-immigrant agenda, the acting commissioner of the agency, Melanie ...

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Acting Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Melanie Krause informed her staff Tuesday she is leaving the agency amid internal chaos and the exodus of several senior IRS officials, according to ...

Now, more layoffs could be on the horizon, as Elon Musk ’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) plans to cut as much as 20% of the IRS by mid-May. The billionaire tasked by President ...

The IRS began laying off roughly 6,000 employees in the middle of tax season as the Trump administration via the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) works to downsize the federal workforce.