An internal memo shows the tax agency contradicting its leaders’ claims that the downsizing is going great.
The Internal Revenue Service pushed out 28,000 employees in 2025, or around 27% of its workforce. Aaron M. Sprecher/AP
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent called any concerns over the cuts to IRS staffing “a complete fallacy” in a testimony to Congress earlier this month.
Frank Bisignano, the IRS CEO, told lawmakers that the “pundits out there saying IRS is going to fail” as a result of sweeping staffing cuts are wrong.
“I feel good about the number of employees I have right now,” Bisignano said in March.
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