Trump Aims to Cut IRS Workforce in Half by End of Year (1)

The Trump administration is aiming to cut up to half of the IRS’s workforce compared to its January head count, according to a person familiar with the matter.

The reductions would take place across divisions in the agency and would be achieved through a combination of attrition, the deferred resignation plan, layoffs of new hires, and reductions in force. The administration hopes to achieve the reductions by the end of the year, the source said.

Steep cuts to the IRS’s roughly 100,000 workforce is expected to throw off its growing progress to improve customer service, modernize, and catch taxpayers not ...