Accountants and auditors being purged from the IRS are entering a labor market desperate for their experience and know-how in complex areas of corporate and international tax.
State regulators, public accounting firms, and Fortune 500 companies are among employers in need of skills that former Internal Revenue Service staffers who have already left the agency could deliver. While a Trump administration plan to lay off as much as half the IRS workforce risks gutting critical services like enforcement and taxpayer support, the upheaval could boost an accounting industry that has struggled to train and retain talent.
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