Firing a large chunk of your workforce as you face your busiest season is only an example of business acumen if your actual plan is to crash the system and anger users of the online Free File, pushing them into the arms of paid tax filing companies who can skim their cut.
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Rachel Maddow
"The layoffs come in the middle of tax filing season. Former IRS officials warned that losing such a large number of employees could disrupt Americans’ ability to easily file taxes this year, even if the layoffs are not supposed to affect those deemed 'critical'...”
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