Mint2d
Mass layoffs begin at US’ Internal Revenue Service, civil rights office hit first
The US' Internal Revenue Service is the latest in the line to make ... Friday's announcement confirmed that 20-25 percent of the tax-collecting agency's workforce would be targeted.
The Hill7d
Trump’s ‘External Revenue Service’ can’t replace the IRS
Given that April 15 is near, it’s a good time to consider President Trump’s proposal for replacing the Internal Revenue Service with an External Revenue Service. A Trump executive order has ...
USA Today26d
Big problem emerges in IRS return-to-office mandate: Not enough desks
The Internal Revenue Service ... 20,000 customer service employees back to the office this week, ending a long era of hybrid and remote work. There was just one problem: The IRS didn’t have ...
The Hill20d
Treasury Department to cut IRS taxpayer advocate staff
The Trump administration is intending to make cuts to the office of the National Taxpayer Advocate (NTA) — its third announced staffing reduction at the Internal Revenue Service that comes amid ...
USA Today26d
Average tax refunds so far in 2025 are up 7.5% but IRS still receiving fewer early returns
Both tax professionals and do-it-yourselfers seem to be lagging a bit when it comes to filing early returns. The Internal Revenue Service is ... a 5% drop in the number of e-filed returns from ...
CBS News5d
Trump considering announcing "External Revenue Service," sources say
It was to "abolish the Internal Revenue Service and let all the outsiders pay," he said on "Jesse Watters Primetime" on Fox News. The practicalities of fully replacing the income tax with tariff ...
Los Angeles Times26d
The IRS is sitting on $92 million in unclaimed California tax refunds. How to know if you qualify
A trove of cash could be forfeited if Californians fail to complete their 2021 tax returns by next month, according to the Internal Revenue Service ... on the IRS website, which will ask a ...
Reason29d
The IRS Bleeds
What will a gutted IRS look like? The Internal Revenue Service—my own personal most-hated government agency—appears to be in hot water this tax season, mostly due to cuts from the Department ...
Wall Street Journal21d
IRS Retreats From Some Audits as Agency Slashes Workforce
Photo Illustration: WSJ The Trump administration’s rapid shrinking of the Internal Revenue Service ... for taxpayer service and enforcement. That would reverse the recent IRS push to put more ...
CNN24d
Delete’ is one of their favorite terms’: Inside DOGE’s IRS takeover ahead of tax season
The chaos at the Internal Revenue ... IRS’s automated tax return systems continue to run smoothly, taxpayers in the long term may eventually experience the paralyzing effects of DOGE. Customer ...
Wall Street Journal25d
Top IRS Lawyer Set to Be Demoted Amid Taxpayer Data-Sharing Clash
William Paul, the acting chief counsel at the Internal Revenue Service, is expected to be replaced by Andrew De Mello, an IRS lawyer, the people said. De Mello was Trump’s pick to be inspector ...
Investopedia4d
Are IRS Penalties Tax Deductible? The Answer May Surprise You
Zach Gibson/Getty Images The U.S. tax code does not allow taxpayers to deduct penalties assessed by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS ... The IRS website notes: "If both a failure-to-file ...