President Donald Trump marked his return to the White House on Jan. 20 with a slew of executive orders, including an indefinite hiring freeze at the IRS. Naturally, with the 2025 tax season well ...

The IRS has lost over 11% of its workforce through terminations and voluntary resignations. Legal challenges have followed as ...

As reported by Kiplinger, the layoffs at the IRS impacted nearly every division. By the end of the 2025 tax season, more than ...

The Trump administration reported 2.3 million people on the federal payroll in March 2025, showing minimal change despite ...

Michael Ryan, founder of MichaelRyanMoney.com, told Newsweek: "The IRS hiring freeze creates a perfect storm for tax season ...

The president’s actions, which include a hiring freeze at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and a mandate for federal employees to return to in-person work, could significantly impact the ...

“The IRS will function much better today and in the upcoming filing season with this hiring freeze than they would have, say, four years ago,” Hamilton said.

More than one-quarter of the agency’s workers have left in the past three months, raising the likelihood of service gaps and processing delays, a report says.

After a successful 2025 tax filing season, the loss of over 25% of staff and a 37% drop in funding leave the status of the 2026 season in doubt, the national taxpayer advocate’s midyear report said.

There's an indefinite hiring freeze in place at the IRS, but fears about it's impact on the 2025 tax season might be misplaced. Thomas is a native of upstate New York and a graduate of the ...