TIGTA snapshot: IRS workforce reductions, DRP details

| Importance: 6/10 | Status: confirmed

TIGTA May 2025 report documents 25% IRS workforce reduction from 103,000 to 77,428 employees since Jan 2025. 25,386 separations via Deferred Resignation Program (DRP), terminations, RIFs. 27% of tax examiners, 26% of revenue agents departed. DRP required critical filing season staff work until May 15. Second DRP offer (TDRP) drew 23,000 applicants, 13,124 approved. 47% of DRP takers over 55 years old.

Key Actors

Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Treasury Department

Tags

taxation irs workforce-reduction drp tigta federal-layoffs deferred-resignation

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