Examining claim that most of fired IRS agents were trained to audit billionaires and corporations
In March 2025, a rumor spread online that most of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agents that U.S. President Donald ...
Scammers stole their savings, and then the tax bill arrived
The bills arise because victims pulled from individual retirement accounts or 401(k) plans, where money is taxed when it’s ...
Elon Musk's DOGE cuts to the IRS threaten to cost more than DOGE will ever save
The Trump administration claims gutting federal agencies will save money, but cutting the IRS means the government collects ...
Average tax refunds so far in 2025 are up 7.5% but IRS still receiving fewer early returns
The IRS has issued more than 29.6 million individual income tax refunds through Feb. 21, up 2.3% from a year ago.
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After mass firings, the IRS is poised to close audits of wealthy taxpayers, agents say
“All of a sudden, these cases are going to be closed and we’re going to look like idiots,” said a senior revenue agent, who ...
Richest Americans, big businesses might welcome IRS cuts, officials say
The IRS terminated about 7 percent of its roughly 100,000-person workforce in February, including at least 5,000 in the ...
IRS Agents Are Best Used In Tax Enforcement, Not Immigration
President Trump and his administration are moving quickly to fulfill their promise to carry out mass deportations. Using IRS ...
DOGE aims to cut these 7 California IRS offices. What does the IRS do, how can I get help?
The Trump administration is cutting staff and closing federal offices, but you can still talk to a real person at the IRS. Here's how.
Former IRD tax agent gets home detention for decade-long fraud
A former Inland Revenue tax agent has received the maximum length of home detention possible for sustained tax fraud after ...
The IRS Bleeds
It's not clear they ever really did hire all those new agents and paper-filers; the IRS remains a little under 100,000 strong ...
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If IRS Sends Its Agents To The Border, Here’s The Work That Won’t Get Done
Days ago, President Trump suggested that he might fire Internal Revenue Service employees—or send them to the border, telling a crowd at the Circa Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, "They hired, or ...