About 6,700 probationary IRS employees, or nearly 7% of the agency’s workforce, were let go by the current administration on February 20, 2025, according to multiple sources. Probationary staff in the Chief Counsel’s Office will not be impacted as reported by Bloomberg Tax. Being probationary indicates that they were either new to the IRS or had been promoted and/or transferred to a different role.
With more than 3,500 employees discharged within IRS, the Small Business and Self-Employed Unit seems to be the most impacted because of this change. This reduction in workforce aims to […]