FROM DAILY MAIL: The Internal Revenue Service furloughed nearly half of its workforce on Wednesday as part of the ongoing government shutdown.
Around 40,000 employees will remain working, but the majority of operations are closed.
Democrats and Republicans failed to reach an agreement as the shutdown entered its eighth day, with no endgame in sight.
The Democrats are demanding the restoration of Obamacare premium tax credits that were chopped in Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill. The Republicans are refusing, arguing that the inclusion would give free healthcare to more than a million illegal immigrants.
The IRS initially planned to operate for the first five business days using funds from the Democrat Inflation Reduction Act. However, Doreen Greenwald, president of the National Treasury Employees Union, warned that as the shutdown persists, taxpayers can expect increased wait times, backlogs, and delays in implementing tax law changes.
“Taxpayers around the country will now have a much harder time getting the assistance they need, just as they get ready to file their extension returns due next week,” she said.
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