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Trump's budget bill could complicate 2026 tax filing season after IRS cuts, watchdog warns
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FILE - A sign outside the Internal Revenue Service building is photographed May 4, 2021, in Washington. - photo by AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File
WASHINGTON (AP) — The budget bill championed by President Donald Trump could complicate next year's tax filing season after the IRS lost one-quarter of its employees through staffing cuts, an independent watchdog reported Wednesday. The IRS workforce has fallen from 102,113 workers to 75,702 over the past year, according to the latest National Taxpayer Advocate report to Congress. The report Wednesday offered the first official numbers on the IRS job losses associated with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.