DOGE Cuts Risk Bogging Down Push to Implement Trump’s Tax Agenda

Staffing shortfalls and intricate new policies are complicating efforts at the Treasury Department and IRS to meet President Donald Trump’s tight deadlines for churning out guidance on his multi-trillion-dollar tax bill.

Just weeks after Trump signed the legislation into law, taxpayers are clamoring for more information from an IRS hit hard by cuts driven by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency task force. The agency’s staff shrunk some 25% from January through May.

“It is a perfect storm: complex changes in the tax code, a reduced workforce at the IRS and and an increased demand for guidance,” said ...