The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has fired 7,000 workers in Washington, D.C., and around the country—layoffs occurring right as the 2025 tax return filing season hits full steam. The cuts are one step in the charge of the newly created Department of Government Efficiency’s goal of to reduce the deficit by $1 trillion—which has begun with mass layoffs at multiple government agencies,

Thousands of workers are set to be out of a job at the IRS with just under two months left in the tax filing season.

A shortage of IRS workers could lead to a bevy of problems for taxpayers. It could also intrigue people to not report their entire income to the IRS.