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President Trump took such a hatchet to the IRS\u2019 workforce that it was forced to reassign higher-paid employees to do lower-paid work \u2014 but still collect their bigger salaries \u2014 the agency\u2019s inspector general said in a new report.<\/p>\n

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The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration said the Trump team ushered more than 30,000 IRS employees out the door between Inauguration Day and the start of this year.<\/p>\n

That effectively erased the massive staffing increases President Biden had implemented.<\/p>\n

But it also left the IRS struggling to fill some core posts.<\/p>\n

About 2,000 new employees were hired, including hundreds who\u2019d just been granted buyouts.<\/p>\n

Still other employees were \u201cinvoluntarily detailed\u201d to other jobs within the agency, including supervisors and high-skilled techs who make $100,000 or more, but were pressed into duty answering the phones \u2014 a job that can pay as little as $35,000.<\/p>\n

They\u2019re still getting paid their full salary and benefits, however, the inspector general said.<\/p>\n

\u201cPositions at these grade levels often include senior, supervisory, and highly specialized technical employees. However, the positions to which they are detailed are at lower GS grade levels,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n

The details were initially for 120 days and were slated to end June 13, but \u201cthe majority\u201d were extended for another 120 days, the inspector general said.<\/p>\n

The Washington Times has sought comment from the IRS.<\/p>\n

Friday\u2019s report said the IRS started this year with about 74,000 employees. That\u2019s about where it was in 2020, the last full year under the first Trump administration.<\/p>\n

Democrats during the Biden years pumped $80 billion into the IRS, directing it to hire tens of thousands of people to improve customer service, modernize the agency and increase audits.<\/p>\n

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The result was an agency that had about 103,000 positions in January 2025, when the handoff to Mr. Trump occurred.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s now stripped them all away, leaving the agency back at its 2020 levels.<\/p>\n

All told, 31,000 employees called it quits in the first year of the Trump administration, according to the IRS\u2019 inspector general. But the agency did hire some 2,000 new employees, including 422 who took buyouts but whom the agency determined it couldn\u2019t stand to lose.<\/p>\n

The result was a 28% net reduction in personnel.<\/p>\n

Most of the workers who left took the buyouts. Some departed as part of the usual churn.<\/p>\n

Some were among the agency\u2019s most senior employees. Roughly 8,600 of them had 21 years or more in IRS service, and 3,300 others had between 11 and 21 years.<\/p>\n

Forty percent of IRS employees 55 and older departed, the inspector general said.<\/p>\n

A third of the IRS\u2019 revenue agents and nearly a third of its tax examiners departed.<\/p>\n

And the information technology division lost 29% of its workforce.<\/p>\n

The chaos started at the top. The IRS had seven different people serving in the role of commissioner during 2025. And 46% of the IRS\u2019 senior executive service \u2014 people who are just below the top presidential appointment level \u2014 bailed out during 2025.<\/p>\n

The inspector general said the IRS has reshuffled its leadership chart to sideline career officials and give more power to administration political picks, or \u201cnoncompetitive appointments.\u201d<\/p>\n

The inspector general said that move could undercut the agency\u2019s independence.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnlike many large federal agencies, the IRS has historically operated with very few Senate-confirmed or other politically appointed leadership positions, reflecting Congress\u2019 belief in the importance of maintaining a stable, career-led tax administration function,\u201d the audit concluded.<\/p>\n

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