The U.S. Department of Government Efficiency has recommended nearly 20% layoffs at the IRS.

According to CNN, Musk's Department of Government Efficiency is proposing to drastically reduce the size of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), cutting nearly 20 percent of its workforce by May 15, a month after U.S. Tax Day. President Trump has ordered federal government agencies to submit plans for "massive" layoffs by Thursday local time. Details of the IRS proposal were released in an email from the Department of Government Efficiency and will be discussed at an agency leadership meeting Thursday morning, according to a person familiar with the matter. The latest round of layoffs will lay off nearly 6,800 employees, in addition to about 6,700 probationary employees who have already been laid off and 4,700 employees who have accepted a voluntary buy-out offer from the Trump administration.