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Hundreds of Philadelphia IRS workers are expected to be laid off on Thursday, the union confirmed with NBC10.
Alex Jay Berman, the executive vice president of the National Treasury Employees Union Chapter 71, told NBC10 on Thursday that some IRS employees from the Philadelphia office began receiving layoff letters. He expects a total of 400 employees in all to be laid off by the end of the day. Berman said the employees are probationary workers with roughly one year or less of service at the agency.
Earlier on Thursday, the Associated Press confirmed the IRS would lay off roughly 7,000 probationary workers across the country. The layoffs largely include workers in compliance departments, a source told the Associated Press. Compliance work includes ensuring that taxpayers are abiding by the tax code, filing their returns and paying their taxes, among other duties.
The layoffs are part of the Trump administration’s efforts to reduce the size of the federal workforce through the Department of Government Efficiency by ordering agencies to lay off nearly all probationary employees who have not yet gained civil service protection. They come despite IRS employees involved in the 2025 tax season being told earlier this month that they would not be allowed to accept a buyout offer from the Trump administration until mid-May, after the taxpayer filing deadline.
It’s unclear how the layoffs may affect tax collection services this year. As the nation’s revenue collector, the IRS was tasked during the Biden administration with targeting high-wealth tax evaders for an additional stream of income to the U.S., which is $36 trillion in debt. By the end of 2024, the IRS collected over $1.3 billion in back taxes from rich tax dodgers.
The IRS has roughly 90,000 employees total across the United States, according to the latest IRS data. Racial minorities make up 56% of the IRS workforce, and women represent 65%.
In addition to the planned layoffs, the Trump administration intends to lend IRS workers to the Department of Homeland Security to assist with immigration enforcement. In a letter sent earlier this month, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem asked Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to borrow IRS workers to help with ongoing immigration crackdown efforts.
Representatives from the IRS and U.S. Treasury did not respond to requests for comment from the AP.

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