A traffic light is red outside the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building after it was reported the IRS will lay off about 6,700 employees, a restructuring that could strain the tax-collecting agency's resources during the critical tax-filing season, in Washington, D.C., February 20, 2025.
IRS faces massive cuts as audit rates plunge
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Texas Tech University law professor Bryan Camp addresses how audit rates and tax revenues will drop if the Trump administration makes the largest workforce reduction in history at the IRS.

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