According to Golden Finance, two people familiar with the matter revealed that the IRS is drafting a plan to cut its workforce by up to half by various means such as layoffs, natural reductions and providing incentive buyouts. These layoffs are part of the Trump administration's attempt to reduce the size of federal government employees through the government efficiency department Musk is responsible for, including closing some agencies, laying off almost all probationary employees who have not yet been protected by civil servants, and providing a buyout of service to almost all federal employees through a "delayed resignation program" to rapidly reduce the number of government employees. (Jin Shi)