IRS Workers Vital to Tax Season Told Exit Deal Is Delayed (1)

IRS workers who are deemed critical to tax filing season are exempt from the Trump administration’s deferred resignation program until mid-May.

Positions in Taxpayer Services, Information Technology, and the Taxpayer Advocate Service will be required to work through at least May 15, even if the employees in those departments responded to an email offering a recent buyout-like offer from the Office of Personnel Management, according to an email obtained by Bloomberg Tax that was sent to IRS employees Wednesday from the IRS Human Capital Office.

Almost half of the IRS workforce, which sits at about 100,000, ...