IRS Workers to Play Catch-Up After Shutdown’s End: BGOV Tax

Nov. 13, 2025, 11:05 AM UTC

IRS Faces Post-Shutdown Hurdles

Tens of thousands of IRS employees are set to go back to work following the end of the record-long government shutdown, but agency workers have their work cut out for them.

The bill to end the shutdown passed the House Wednesday by a vote of 222-209, after the Senate passed the measure earlier this week. Read More

IRS workers will be racing to play catch up and prepare for the first tax-filing season under the new GOP tax law. Nearly half of IRS workers were furloughed during the shutdown, so there are likely to be delays ...

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