On February 21, 2025, The Washington Post published an article including insight from Former IRS Commissioner and Shareholder Chuck Rettig on the recent layoffs of IRS employees by the Trump administration.
The Washington Post referenced Rettig’s statement, where he said, “there should not be a significant impact on current filing season operations,” because the firings were confined to probationary employees who worked in the Small Business Self-Employed Division, not those who work in the Wage and Investment Division, which handles taxpayer services.
The article included additional items from Rettig’s statement that discussed the impact of the layoffs. “The IRS can now identify issues of non-compliance that would not have been remotely possible just a few years ago,” Rettig said.
To learn more, read the full article here.