Experts say the layoffs of roughly 7,000 IRS workers likely mean the end of the agency’s plans to go after high-wealth tax dodgers and could spell disaster for revenue collections.

About 7,000 employees are expected to lose their jobs at the tax agency, according to a person familiar with the decision.

Failure to respond will be taken as a resignation,” Musk posted on the social media platform X, which he owns.

The IRS started laying off employees on Thursday, just as tax season kicks in to high gear. Why it matters: The terminations, ...

As the IRS prepares for potential layoffs of thousands, uncertainty looms around the impact of the DOGE on American taxpayers ...

Hundreds of thousands of federal workers have been given little more than 48 hours to explain what they accomplished over the last week, sparking confusion across key agencies as billionaire Elon Musk ...

The immediate effects have been visible and obvious: canceled contracts, layoffs and victory laps ... access sensitive tax data at the Internal Revenue Service, according to two people close ...

There is no official figure available for the total firings or layoffs so far ... Health and Human Services, the Internal Revenue Service and the National Parks Service, among others.

There is no official figure available for the total firings or layoffs so far ... Health and Human Services, the Internal Revenue Service and the National Parks Service, among others.