Taxes October 22, 2025
The tax agency provided an update Tuesday on its website about the availability of certain IRS services during the stalemate, including whether refunds will still be sent to taxpayers.
Taxes October 15, 2025
Taxpayers who requested an automatic six-month extension to file their 2024 federal income tax returns earlier this year still have to get their paperwork in by Wednesday.
IRS October 13, 2025
Reduction-in-force notices were sent to more than 1,400 Treasury Department employees, many of whom work at the IRS, on Oct. 10 as the Trump administration acted on its threat of ordering mass layoffs at several federal agencies in response to the government shutdown.
IRS October 8, 2025
In an updated contingency plan on Oct. 8, the Treasury Department indicated that 39,870 IRS workers, or 53.6% of the agency's total employee population of 74,299, are designated "exempt" and are expected to continue working during the shutdown.
Payroll October 7, 2025
The memo, first reported by Axios, adds even more uncertainty for hundreds of thousands of federal workers as Congress appears no closer to a deal to reopen the government.
Taxes October 6, 2025
The interim website gives taxpayers access during the government shutdown to the watchdog's latest reports and keeps open ways for people to report fraud, waste, and abuse within IRS programs or by IRS employees.
AICPA October 3, 2025
The new tax law requires additional guidance to ensure compliance; without full staff, this guidance could be delayed, as we’ve seen during previous shutdowns.
Taxes October 2, 2025
IRS employees across the Kansas City region are bracing for the full impact of a federal government shutdown poised to force thousands home without pay.
Payroll October 1, 2025
The Office of Management and Budget has called for agencies to plan for mass firings of workers beyond traditional furloughs, advancing its goal of slashing the federal bureaucracy.
Taxes October 1, 2025
For at least a half dozen government watchdog offices, their sites appeared blank on Oct. 1 except for a terse message: “Due to a lack of apportionment of funds, this website is currently unavailable.”
Taxes September 30, 2025
Under the plan, the Treasury Department would shift funding the IRS received from the Inflation Reduction Act into the taxing agency's operational budget.
IRS September 30, 2025
If lawmakers can't agree to a last-minute deal to keep the federal government open beyond Tuesday evening, the plan says the IRS would tap into funding from the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 to keep its entire workforce working for a period of five business days.