The Internal Revenue Service, better-known as the IRS, is cutting more than 6,000 jobs in the middle of a busy tax season.
The cuts are part of a widespread downsizing throughout the federal government, being led by Elon Musk’s deputies at the informal “Department of Government Efficiency.”
IRS employees were notified about the looming job cuts on Thursday. Most of the people affected are “probationary” workers who had been on the job for a limited time.
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