Those were the people doing some of the IRS most important works. So Trump realized he had to hire back some of those workers, but he failed miserably. For example, The team that processes your tax return has onboarded just 2% of the staff they were approved to hire for this filing season. 2%. 2. Trump keeps on firing leadership. The IRS has seen seven different commissioners since Trump took office. Wow. Three, Trump canceled direct file, the IRS program that lets you file your taxes for free directly with the IRS. (00:32–00:41)
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Asserts that only 2% of approved IRS staff for tax return processing were hired this season.
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