The 2026 tax season could be rough, with IRS staff cuts and budget woes likely causing delays and service issues for taxpayers.

A group of Maryland lawmakers is calling on the IRS to expedite federal tax refunds for individuals who are facing financial ...

As reported by Kiplinger, the layoffs at the IRS impacted nearly every division. By the end of the 2025 tax season, more than 25% of the agency’s workforce had been cut down via layoffs, buyouts, or ...

Taxpayers could face significant hurdles during the 2026 tax filing season after the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) reduced ...

The 2025 tax filing season ran smoothly despite thousands of IRS layoffs, but the 2026 tax filing season could be challenging ...

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 ...

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will slash its workforce by at least 25% beginning Friday with layoffs, which were expected, amid efforts to shrink the federal workforce.

Buyouts and layoffs, together, thinned the IRS workforce from 102,113 to 75,702, according to the advocate’s report. The cuts, alone, would have posed a formidable challenge to the IRS as it ramps up ...

The Internal Revenue Service is drafting plans to cut its workforce by as much as half through a mix of layoffs, attrition and incentivized buyouts, according to two people familiar with the ...

Federal IRS still faces security challenges in aftermath of taxpayer data leak The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration said the agency has taken steps in the right direction after a ...

IRS plans to cut up to 25% of workforce in next round of layoffs In doing so, the agency will eliminate its civil rights office.