IRS to Layoff Thousands of Employees Next Week As Trump Abolishes Income Tax

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced plans to lay off tens of thousands of employees next week as Trump advances his plans to abolish the agency and eliminate income tax in America.

According to ABC News citing sources familiar with the matter, at least 15,000 IRS workers have been identified for termination in the next few days.

Thegatewaypundit.com reports: The targeted employees, many of whom were added during the Biden administration’s expansion of the IRS, reportedly hold non-essential roles unrelated to processing tax filings.

ABC News reported:

About 15,000 IRS employees have been identified for possible termination as early as next week as the White House seeks to find cost savings across the government, ABC News has learned.

The employees are on probationary status with limited tenure in their jobs and do not have jobs directly related to processing tax filings, a person familiar with the effort told ABC News.

It’s not clear, however, what impact the firings might have on this year’s tax season as much of the work at the IRS is connected to the agency’s mission of processing and enforcing payments.

A Department of Government Efficiency employee arrived at the IRS’ headquarters on Thursday asking about the agency’s technology and how audits are done.

The IRS did not respond to a request for comment.

While liberal media outlets bemoan the impact on tax season, the reality is that the IRS has been operating with bloated inefficiencies for years. These layoffs are a necessary course correction, ensuring that taxpayer dollars are no longer funnelled into a bureaucratic behemoth that has overstepped its bounds time and again

Adding to the sweeping reforms, a Department of Government Efficiency official was spotted at the IRS headquarters on Thursday, reportedly inquiring about the agency’s outdated technology and the mechanics of audit enforcement.