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DENVER, CO – FEBRUARY 20 : From left, Donald McCorvey, Yvette Oseguera Torres, Jodie Malito, three former Internal Revenue Service workers leave their office after being laid off in downtown Denver, Colorado on Thursday, February 20, 2025. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post) Denver Post via Getty Images In February 2025, the Internal Revenue Service had approximately 103,000 employees. By March, more than 11,400 of those workers had received termination notices as probationary employees or voluntarily resigned under the so-called “Fork in the Road” or Deferred Resignation Program (DRP) pushed by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). That’s 11% of the workforce, with more cuts on the way. President Donald Trump has repeatedly called for significant reductions in the size and scope of the federal government workforce. But the tax agency has been a particular target. As part of the early IRS cuts, 7,315 probationary employees received termination notices, and 4,128 employees were approved to accept the DRP. Plus, an additional 522 employees had applied for DRP approval as of the date of a recent report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA). The report focused on the probationary employees identified for termination and those who voluntarily participated in the initial DRP. Deferred Resignation Program The deferred resignation program allowed federal employees to resign but retain all pay and benefits through September 30, 2025. Employees who were working from home and accepted this offer were also exempted from any return-to-office requirements. Employees had until February 6 to opt into the program. The IRS subsequently recalled some of these resigned workers to work, noting that specific, critical tax return filing season positions would be exempt from the DRP until May 15, 2025. Those who had previously accepted the offer and stopped working but fell within the exception were…

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