The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is bracing for a challenging 2026 tax season following a significant reduction in its workforce. The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) mandated these cuts, ...

The IRS faces a challenging 2026 tax season due to significant staff reductions. Experts warn that these cuts could severely impact the agency's performance, affecting taxpayers nationwide.

KEY TAKEAWAYS The 2025 tax filing season ran smoothly despite thousands of IRS layoffs, but the 2026 tax filing season could be challenging for the agency.An IRS watchdog reported that more than a ...

The IRS's progress in improving tax compliance in recent years has been threatened by cuts in funding and hiring, according ...

The IRS lost 26% of its 102,000-person workforce to layoffs and buyouts this ... “Now, maybe the cuts to staffing alone may not have had a huge impact on the filing season if all else held equal,” ...

The State Department is trimming back the overall scope of its layoffs, compared to what it told Congress last month, with ...

Taxpayers could face significant hurdles during the 2026 tax filing season after the Internal Revenue Service ... cut compared to the previous year, the Associated Press reported. Collins wrote that ...

The budget bill championed by Trump could complicate next year’s tax filing season after the IRS lost one-quarter of its employees through staffing cuts. That's what an independent watchdog says ...

Looking past the inevitability that reduced tax enforcement will depress the government’s revenue collection ability ...

The IRS lost 26% of its 102,000-person workforce to layoffs and buyouts this year through early June, amid a larger effort by the Trump administration to shrink the federal government.