The IRS has lost over 11% of its workforce through terminations and voluntary resignations. Legal challenges have followed as ...

The Internal Revenue Service is continuing to shed employees, with over 25% of its workforce now gone since the beginning of ...

The tax agency overall is down a quarter of its staff through a combination of deferred resignations, retirements and RIFs, ...

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is bracing for a challenging 2026 tax season following a significant reduction in its ...

IRS workforce challenges The IRS started the year with a headcount of over 102,000 federal employees, and six months into 2025, that figure has dropped to just 75,702.

July 02, 2025 - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is facing a steep workforce reduction that threatens its capacity to assist businesses just as many confront growing uncertainty around global ...

If the IRS workforce is reduced by 50%, the nonpartisan Yale Budget Lab projects that lost revenues could amount to $395 billion over a 10-year period. Cuts could also increase the number of ...

Newly-confirmed IRS Commissioner Billy Long will undoubtedly have his hands full of challenges as he takes the IRS helm. [View source.] ...

IRS workforce challenges The IRS started the year with a headcount of over 102,000 federal employees, and six months into 2025, that figure has dropped to just 75,702.

A new reort delivered to Congress warned that 2026 tax season may pose significant challenges for taxpayers following the dramatic reduction of workforce at the Internal Revenue Service. The IRS ...