Erin Slowey

About 20,000 IRS workers—roughly one-fifth of the agency—are taking the Trump administration’s second deferred resignation offer, according to a person familiar with the matter.

The departures of leaders—combined with broader workforce cuts—erode an important layer of defense to the IRS’ most important missions: taxpayer data security and a fair tax system, according to over a dozen former and current agency officials who spoke to Bloomberg Tax.

President Donald Trump proposed cutting almost $2.5 billion in annual funding from the IRS in his so-called “skinny budget” released Friday.

President Donald Trump’s plan to divert IRS agents from a focus on tax enforcement to finding and deporting immigrants might empower more taxpayers to cut corners or outright cheat, former tax officials said.

Longtime IRS official Trish Turner will now lead the agency’s digital assets unit with the exit of two crypto leads, according to a person familiar with the situation.

A dip in IRS workforce numbers, even after filing season, will impact taxpayers who have errors on their returns or need to correspond with the agency, a former top official said.

Americans could lose the option to file their taxes directly for free with the IRS, after House Republicans directed the Treasury Department to kill the program in a bill Monday.

House Republicans’ plan to end an expensive and troubled pandemic-era tax credit program early to help pay for other tax cuts is likely to seed a wave of new due-process issues and court challenges from businesses and nonprofits.

Republicans face an internal schism over how far they want to go to give relief to millions of online sellers who received a new tax form for the first time this filing season.

The IRS and Treasury Department will bring back all IRS probationary employees who were on administrative leave by May 23, according to a email seen by Bloomberg Tax.