IRS Planned Worker Cuts Would Hit Advocate, Filing Tool Staff

The Trump administration is seeking overall reductions of over 25% of the Taxpayer Advocate Service and 30% of the team running the IRS’s free Direct File tool, according to a plan obtained by Bloomberg Tax.

The plan includes an overall cutback of 18% of the IRS’s workforce by May 15, including some cuts that have already been made, according to the document. The IRS received the document March 13, according to a person familiar with the matter.

The figures in the plan include earlier layoffs of probationary employees and people who accepted an earlier deferred resignation offer. The IRS has ...