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BumRushDaShow

(173,040 posts)
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 05:00 AM Yesterday

IRS moves to hire 8,000 employees after DOGE cuts, memo reveals

Source: The Independent

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The Internal Revenue Service has received special permission to quickly hire 8,000 employees through September, according to a memo obtained by NOTUS, after more than a quarter of the agency was downsized during Elon Musk’s DOGE cuts last year.

Trump administration officials had initially brushed off concerns that the IRS would struggle to handle the 2026 tax season with significantly fewer employees. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told lawmakers in April the agency was “still able to maintain current services and implement new initiatives.”

IRS chief Frank Bisignano also told members of the Senate Finance Committee in April that it had been “the most successful filing season in IRS history.” However, according to the February memo, seen by NOTUS, the IRS asked the Treasury Department for special authority to hire 8,000 employees on an expedited basis – indicating the agency knew it needed more support, despite officials' public comments.

The agency was eventually approved for the special project under “direct hire authority,” which allows agencies to circumvent traditional hiring processes when “there is a severe shortage of candidates or a critical hiring need.” The Independent has asked the IRS and Office of Personnel Management for comment.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/irs-moves-to-hire-8-000-employees-after-doge-cuts-memo-reveals/ar-AA25vOIO



Link to NOTUS REPORT - The IRS Cut Staff. Now It’s Rushing to Hire Thousands.
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IRS moves to hire 8,000 employees after DOGE cuts, memo reveals (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Yesterday OP
More unqualified persons?.................. Lovie777 Yesterday #1
Unqualified and Trump-loyal. enough Yesterday #2
Yep wolfie001 Yesterday #4
That's what Schedule F is all about (Now known as Schedule P/C)... COL Mustard 22 hrs ago #12
fat orange imbecile clown show wolfie001 Yesterday #3
They need to hire back the agents to nickle and dime the bottom 20% mdbl Yesterday #5
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! First they audit the living shit out of TACO and Eloon Mush. marble falls Yesterday #6
Thanks for nothing, DOGE RussBLib Yesterday #7
I was sure cost effective Bayard Yesterday #9
Frank Bisignano lied??? Shocked, I tell you. Unless you take a look at Fiserve, the company he pillaged Scrivener7 Yesterday #8
The Jan 6 tourists start work on Monday. twodogsbarking 23 hrs ago #10
The same thing is happening at NASA. llmart 22 hrs ago #11
Like an idiot, i did my own taxes last year Devilsun 22 hrs ago #13
DOGE was a colossal waste of money, time, and experience. Martin68 21 hrs ago #14
Only sniveling toadies need apply... Thomas Hurt 18 hrs ago #15
Congrats on 14,000 posts! BumRushDaShow 18 hrs ago #16
Don't be fooled as Trump let go many tax investors that audited the wealthy Stargazer99 17 hrs ago #17

COL Mustard

(8,466 posts)
12. That's what Schedule F is all about (Now known as Schedule P/C)...
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 01:50 PM
22 hrs ago

I had to put three people on that this past week. These are all career civil service employees who don't deserve what is being done to them. Our agency had a total of about 35, from what I was told.

wolfie001

(8,124 posts)
3. fat orange imbecile clown show
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 08:37 AM
Yesterday

Every day more stupidity, nonsense and hatred. "Thanks" to all the stupid fuckers who voted for this shit.

mdbl

(8,906 posts)
5. They need to hire back the agents to nickle and dime the bottom 20%
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 08:55 AM
Yesterday

Of course, the major fraud, such as Pres Dump and his companies and all his pardons won't be looked at.

marble falls

(73,149 posts)
6. hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! First they audit the living shit out of TACO and Eloon Mush.
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 09:34 AM
Yesterday

RussBLib

(10,826 posts)
7. Thanks for nothing, DOGE
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 09:39 AM
Yesterday

Last edited Sat Jun 13, 2026, 11:08 AM - Edit history (1)

Shit, who thought it was a great idea to take a frikkin’ meat cleaver to the government? Oh yeah, the Ketamine Kid, the richest spoiled brat in the world.

https://russblib.blogspot.com/?m=1

Scrivener7

(60,266 posts)
8. Frank Bisignano lied??? Shocked, I tell you. Unless you take a look at Fiserve, the company he pillaged
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 10:25 AM
Yesterday

before he took the IRS job. The Fiserve stock dropped about 75% under the new (honest) CEO who took over from him and had to reveal just what bad shape the company was in.

llmart

(17,760 posts)
11. The same thing is happening at NASA.
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 01:24 PM
22 hrs ago

Eloon and the Pedo cut 20% of the experienced engineers and now Dumbo decided in order to meet any deadlines for Artemis III they need to hire "more experienced engineers". You can't make this shit up. First they let the experienced ones go and now they cry they don't have enough experienced engineers.

Devilsun

(394 posts)
13. Like an idiot, i did my own taxes last year
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 02:15 PM
22 hrs ago

I made a mistake and the IRS sent me a notice to correct the mistake. I tried calling them to clarify something. I was on hold for over an hour and never wad able to speak to a human being. The website they instructed me to use to correct my mistake was basically useless. Im sure tRumps cronies are profiting of all of it.

Stargazer99

(3,590 posts)
17. Don't be fooled as Trump let go many tax investors that audited the wealthy
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 06:43 PM
17 hrs ago

and now adding more employees to audit the middle class as Republicans are spending our tax money like drunken sailors

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