IRS Employees Who Can Work Remotely Must Do So Starting Monday (1)

The IRS issued a mandatory evacuation order that will require all employees who are eligible to work remotely to leave their worksites and stay home beginning Monday.

The announcement is the latest step in the agency’s response to the new coronavirus pandemic. Over the last two weeks, the agency has escalated its actions, shutting down certain facilities and suspending in-person taxpayer assistance.

• “The IRS has strongly encouraged telework-eligible employees to telework,” the agency said Friday in an email to employees obtained by Bloomberg Tax. “Now we must do more to support our social distancing efforts to slow the spread of ...