The tax agency is laying off 7,000 employees, but there are protections for taxpayers whose refund payments are delayed.

The layoffs at the Internal Revenue Service came alongside additional firings at the Transportation Security Administration and the C.I.A.

So far this year, 650 federal workers have filed claims compared to 479 at this time last year, according to a press release from the governor's office.

The IRS has begun laying off more than 6,000 new and newly promoted employees across the country as part of the push to slash the federal government, sources say.

As the IRS fired thousands of workers across the country on Thursday, many laid-off employees walked out of the headquarters in Washington, D.C., for the last time.

The Trump administration, led by Elon Musk and DOGE, is implementing significant reductions to the federal workforce in an effort to save taxpayers money.

The United States Internal Revenue Service will lay off about 7,000 workers, with some 400 here in Philadelphia already given termination notices.

The next federal worker losing their job could be your neighbor, even if you don't live anywhere near the US capital. While the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia are home to the largest numbers of federal workers,

The IRS is latest federal agency under review by Elon Musk’s cost-cutting group.

Experts say the layoffs of roughly 7,000 IRS probationary workers likely mean the end of the agency’s plans to go after high-wealth tax dodgers and could spell disaster for revenue collections.

The IRS will lay off thousands of probationary workers in the middle of tax season, according to two sources familiar with the agency’s plans, and cuts could come as soon as next week.

Washington DC's current economic state resembles that of the 2008 financial crisis. Unemployment filings and job losses are at their worst.