schirallicpa Posted February 28 Report Posted February 28 I was speaking with an agent in Buffalo yesterday. She is asking that we get stuff to her no later than Thursday of next week. She thinks that they are going to be let go on Friday (Mar 7). Has anyone else heard this? She then said "I probably shouldn't be telling you that." 1 2 1 Quote
BulldogTom Posted February 28 Report Posted February 28 If you follow the career of Elon Musk, he believes you need to get rid of 5% of your workforce every year so the other 95% will step up their effort for fear being fired. Not saying this is right, but that is how he operates. He is bringing this mentality to all government jobs. I am not sure how this will work out, do the unions have enough sway to stop this or will Musk get his way. Time will tell. Tom Longview, TX 2 Quote
jklcpa Posted February 28 Report Posted February 28 1 hour ago, schirallicpa said: She thinks that they are going to be let go on Friday (Mar 7). Has anyone else heard this? I haven't heard anything that specific, only that layoffs during the season are to take place and that services will be affected. 1 2 Quote
jklcpa Posted February 28 Report Posted February 28 1 hour ago, schirallicpa said: She thinks that they are going to be let go on Friday (Mar 7). Has anyone else heard this? Stick only to the above and I won't delete the topic. We aren't going to discuss Musk, his strategies, whether or not he can or can't be stopped, or anything else remotely related to his actions. Tom, thanks for trying to be diplomatic. 1 2 Quote
Lee B Posted February 28 Report Posted February 28 "Internal Revenue Service: More than 110 IRS offices that handle taxpayer assistance will be closed, according to a plan from the U.S. General Services Administration obtained by The Washington Post, as the Trump administration began layoffs of about 7,000 workers in mid-February, at the peak of tax season, multiple outlets reported." 1 5 Quote
kathyc2 Posted March 1 Report Posted March 1 If it's been the 21 days and client calls me about their refund, I'm going to tell them to make phone calls to their Rep and both Senators. 8 1 Quote
BulldogTom Posted March 2 Report Posted March 2 On 2/28/2025 at 4:14 PM, jklcpa said: Tom, thanks for trying to be diplomatic. You know I re-wrote that post three times to get it to "Judy Acceptable" standards. Tom Longview, TX 3 6 Quote
Catherine Posted March 3 Report Posted March 3 remember, @Eric gave us this one some years ago. 4 2 Quote
Lion EA Posted March 3 Report Posted March 3 Thank you, Eric, for your creativity, and thank you, Catherine, for reminding me of my favorite and most-descriptive-of-me-during-never-ending-tax-season emoji! And, it did pop up as Recently Used. 4 2 Quote
mcbreck Posted March 5 Report Posted March 5 Per the AP: "The IRS is drafting plans to cut as much as half of its 90,000-person workforce". It also sounds like the major cuts are coming in May, not now. When we get the IRS letters in August, we are going to be spending some serious time on hold. 1 1 Quote
Lee B Posted March 5 Report Posted March 5 53 minutes ago, mcbreck said: Per the AP: "The IRS is drafting plans to cut as much as half of its 90,000-person workforce". It also sounds like the major cuts are coming in May, not now. When we get the IRS letters in August, we are going to be spending some serious time on hold. If this happens I will be glad to write correspondence, but I am not going spend hours on hold. Everything will just take much longer and the processing backlogs for amended tax returns will increase dramatically. 5 Quote
Abby Normal Posted March 5 Report Posted March 5 6 hours ago, Lion EA said: Maybe ProtectionPlus will pay off this year! Or, maybe it will be totally unnecessary. 3 Quote
BrewOne Posted March 7 Report Posted March 7 we were trending towards this anyway, and we may soon be close to 100% of notices starting with "CP"--the computer will be the only one watching the store. Dealing with a notice will be another matter...I would suggest establishing a de minimis $ amount that it's worth messing with. 1 Quote
NECPA in NEBRASKA Posted March 7 Report Posted March 7 I am so glad that I don't have to deal much with current stuff, but I am still dealing with 2023 letters from my terrible, rotten 2024. My 96 year old dad just passed away two weeks ago after being hospitalized with Influenza A, I had to have my knee manipulated for the second time in the OR, (this one actually worked and my range of motion is pretty good) and today I found out that a bone implant from 4 years ago has failed. I am not going through that again. I can't deal with it here, because we are finally moving to Littleton, CO on 4/2. Our new grandson will be born on 3/10 as long as he is not as difficult as his father was. We are over the moon about being close to them and we have a mountain view! One of my clients received a "we need 60 more days to research" from the first request that I sent and received a second 60 day letter last week. I don't expect it to get much better. I feel sorry for them. Morale has to be pretty low. I really hope that I don't end up getting a tax job in Colorado, but I am starting to worry about the part time job market for older workers. I miss you guys, but have not have much time to hang out here. Everyone hang in there and take care. Bonnie 9 Quote
Catherine Posted March 7 Report Posted March 7 Eric Green has been doing just about daily short updates on the IRS situation. Here's the youtube channel. https://www.youtube.com/@TaxRepNetwork 3 1 Quote
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