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House Democrats press Bessent on IRS layoffs

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Newsweek

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IRS announces changes just in time for Tax Day

Thousands of probationary employees at the IRS who were laid off earlier this year have been told to report back to work by April 14, according to reports.

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House Dems Demand Answers on IRS Staff Cuts

House Democrats are pressing Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent for answers on widespread layoffs at the Internal Revenue Service, warning the cuts could undermine tax enforcement and taxpayer services across the country.

6 days ago·Washington, United States

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House Democrats press Bessent on IRS layoffs

House Democrats led by Rep. Brad Schneider (Ill.) pressed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on mass layoffs at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in a Wednesday letter requesting the Trump administration’s plan for slated reductions and its potential impact on taxpayer services. “The Administration has already fired 7,400 probationary employees—or seven percent of all IRS employees,... The post House Democrats press Bessent on IRS layoffs appear…

6 days ago·Washington, United States

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IRS doesn’t have the tech to ‘backfill the gaps’ created by cuts, ex-commissioner says

Major cuts to the Internal Revenue Service workforce have left the embattled agency with holes that technology cannot fill, according to its former commissioner, opening up a “massive opportunity” for government contractors in the IT space. Charles Rettig, who led the IRS from 2018 to 2022, said during an ACT-IAC webinar Thursday that the Trump administration’s message has been “we’re going to go with AI, we’re going to go with technology, we d…

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NEWS: Biden whistleblower Staley appointed deputy chief at IRS-CI, tipped for bigger Treasury role - AML Intelligence

By AML Intelligence Correspondents GARY SHAPLEY, a political appointee, has been made deputy chief of the US revenue’s criminal division IRS-CI and to an “unprecedented” senior advisory role at the Treasury Department, it’s reported. The move gives political appointees a direct line to tax investigations for the first time since Richard M. Nixon was president, […]

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