Hey @wtfoote.bsky.social is this a good time to do something like this or...?
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Reuters
BREAKING: The US Internal Revenue Service will lay off about 6,700 employees on Thursday, in a restructuring that could strain the tax-collecting agency's resources during the critical tax-filing season, a person familiar with the matter said reut.rs/4gI5Ss4
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They said critical tax-season employees are not allowed to take the previously offered resignation (thus presumably are not part of the cut).
Good summary article at https://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyphillipserb/2025/02/19/irs-to-fire-thousands-of-workers-this-week-in-the-heart-of-tax-season/
They rolled out some modernized features in recent years that hopefully stay.
https://www.taxpayeradvocate.irs.gov/reports/2024-annual-report-to-congress/newsroom/