"IRS layoffs are underway as DOGE moves to eliminate 25 percent of the workforce. The tax agency will lose roughly 20,000 jobs, including workers in its civil rights office, as part of the Trump admin's downsizing of the government."
The oligarchs have impunity, but everyone else has to pay their taxes. The agency will no longer provide adequate service, & dedicated employees are fired, needlessly.
JHC
" #IRS plans to eliminate nearly a quarter of its workforce in layoffs starting Fri shedding roughly 20,000 jobs as part of plans from #Trump & #Musk’s DOGE.
The agency began Friday by announcing it would eliminate its Office of Civil Rights and Compliance, firing roughly 130 employees from a division responsible for protecting taxpayers from discrimination in the tax code, audits and investigations"
@GottaLaff But of course they won’t fund the #IRS so they can still get away with actually paying NOTHING!
Don’t be conned again!
The #IRS #DirectFile program should be free as in freedom: https://u.fsf.org/46g #FreeSoftware #UserFreedom #FSF
@ZhiZhu@newsie.socialDOGE’s Supposed Savings Are About to Cost the US a Lot of Money
The IRS is bracing for a huge hit to its revenue thanks to Elon Musk’s cuts.
https://newrepublic.com/post/193093/irs-revenue-elon-musk-doge-cuts
" #DOGE directed staff cuts at the agency have sparked fears that #US tax revenue could plummet by 10%, or $500 billion...
Last year, the #IRS collected $5.1 trillion, w/ $825 billion going to the #Defense Dept. Such a massive loss would hobble #government services or increase the national deficit"
@DemocracyMattersALot@mstdn.socialUltra-Rich: Would you rather pay some tax or be eaten? We can go either way...
IRS will lose millions as Trump and Musk scurry to cut taxes for rich pals
https://www.dailykos.com/story/2025/3/24/2312245/-IRS-will-lose-millions-as-Trump-and-Musk-scurry-to-cut-taxes-for-rich-pals
@ZhiZhu@newsie.socialIRS Predicts DOGE Lost Half a Trillion Dollars for the USA
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/irs-predicts-doge-lost-half-a-trillion-dollars-for-the-usa
"the IRS’s internal projections estimate that the DOGE-driven disruptions to the #IRS since the inauguration are on track to have reduced #tax receipts by more than $500 billion...
in about eight weeks #DOGE managed to lose the US #government, more or less light fire, more than half of what goes to all non-defense discretionary spending."
“ #IRS is nearing agreement to allow immigration officials to use tax data to confirm the names and addresses of people suspected of being in the country illegally, culminating weeks of negotiations over using the tax system to support #Trump ’s mass deportation campaign”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2025/03/22/ice-irs-immigrants-deport/
@hakona@im.alstadheim.no@pluralistic I just filed my taxes in #Norway. 5 minutes to skim the pre-filled form, accept with no changes, submit.
#FreeFile #Intuit #IRS
Was pleased to see they had all the deductions already filled in. If I'd had an expensive commute for work, I'd have been able submit receipts to get a deduction above the standard minimum. Same with any non-electronic transactions I might have had. I don't , so I didn't.
Brilliant move, #Trump #Musk. #StableGenius
"Treasury Dept & #IRS officials are predicting a decrease of more than 10% in tax receipts by the April 15 deadline compared w 2024, ...That would amount to more than $500 billion in lost federal revenue; the IRS collected $5.1 trillion last year. For context, the U.S. government spent $825 billion on the Defense" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/03/22/irs-tax-revenue-loss-federal-budget/
Don’t worry about filing this year I guess:
The #IRS chief of #tax compliance, Heather Maloy, has told the agency she plans to resign effective Friday.
Other recent IRS departures:
- Commissioner
- Acting commissioner
- Chief human capital
- Chief procurement
- Acting chief procurement officer
- Chief counsel
- Chief transformation & strategy
Emails Reveal Top IRS Lawyer Warned Trump Firings Were a “Fraud” on The Courts
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The Trump administration cited “performance” failures to justify its mass firing of IRS workers. But this claim was “false,” a senior agency attorney warned officials, because the administration had not conducted any such performance assessment.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-irs-firings-doge-fraud-law-job-performance?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
This is good and right. "If you want religion in schools, I want the IRS in churches."
@blogdiva@mastodon.socialrepublicans are shutting down the #IRS? really? so they’re just going to take money directly from pay checks at whatever percentage they decide? and democrats are gonna let them do it?
Burning it all down is the goal.
Via Maddow:
"the plan to shrink #IRS staff by up to 50% would — very conservatively — lead to a $400 billion increase in uncollected taxes over the next decade. It could easily mean more than $2 trillion in losses..." https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/03/13/doge-irs-cuts-tax-revenue/
“The acting chief counsel of the #IRS has been removed from his position as billionaire #Musk ’s DOGE seeks access to sensitive taxpayer records
William Paul, a career official named to the position in Jan, will be replaced by Andrew De Mello, who was nom to be the Educ Dept’s inspector general during #Trump ’s 1st term”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/03/13/musk-doge-irs-trump/
No less than 76 #Democrats just voted with Republicans to overturn the #IRS's "defi broker rule" which would have required crypto firms like #MarcAndreessen's #Uniswap to collect information on their users and in so doing discourage the use of these platforms for #moneylaundering by criminals and rogue nuclear states (#NorthKorea *loves* Uniswap) and by the very wealthy to avoid paying #taxes.
The new wave of #memecoin scams like #TrumpCoin are also all facilitated/perpetrated by these decentralized trading platforms.
If any of these people are your representative you should do what you can to make sure they are primaried because they are not representing your interests. At a minimum call them and yell at them (this works better than most people think!)
The corruption of the US government by #crypto bros is extremely bipartisan.
* Full roll call of vote: https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202571
@ZhiZhu@newsie.socialDOGE fires government efficiency team
https://www.muskwatch.com/i/158555627/doge-fires-government-efficiency-team
"Among the team’s achievements was an #IRS program that allowed #taxpayers to file directly with the agency for #free instead of paying for filing software from Intuit TurboTax. #18F employees were also responsible for maintaining the government’s #weather alerts and #forecasts service. It’s unclear if IRS Direct File or weather.gov will continue to operate."
@ZhiZhu@newsie.socialNew DOGE Staffer Has Ties to a Sanctioned Russian Oligarch
Sam Corcos, a new member of Elon Musk’s #DOGE team, reportedly showed up at the #IRS demanding detailed info about #American taxpayers...
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/doge-staffer-corcos-wife-ties-russian-oligarch-1235291673/
"Corcos’ wife, Varvara Russkova Corcos, spent three years at the VC firm GVA Capital, which was previously exposed as a vehicle for one of the richest #oligarchs in #Russia"
#ElonMusk #Musk #Coup #Corruption #Trump #GOP #USPol #USPolitics #News #US #USA
