About 20,000 IRS workers—roughly one-fifth of the agency—are taking the Trump administration’s second deferred resignation offer, according to a person familiar with the matter.
That uptake effectively reverses the staff hikes that came with the Democrats’ tax-and-climate law and accomplishes in one fell swoop the upwards of 25% cuts proposed by billionaire Elon Musk’s so-called efficiency advisers.
The second offer comes as the IRS has already started its formal reduction-in-force plan earlier this month. The IRS had about 100,000 workers at the beginning of this year.
The deal allows for employees to be on paid administrative leave through Sept. 30, ...
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