Trump Seeks 20% IRS Job Cuts in Layoff Wave: Washington Post

The Trump administration is directing the IRS to cut its workforce by 20% by May 15—the second wave of firings in its spree to gut the federal workforce, according to media reports.

Officials at the Elon Musk-led group want the acting IRS commissioner Melanie Krause to eliminate 18,141 jobs across the agency with a focus on employees that work in enforcement, according to reporting by the Washington Post. Earlier this year the IRS had about 100,000 employees.

The tax compliance department would have the largest job cuts at 8,260, followed by taxpayer services with 3,247, and information technology, the ...