{"id":2407435,"date":"2025-02-27T11:24:56","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T16:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unprecedented-elons-chainsaw-digs-into-irs-at-least-113-offices-closing-as-almost-every-soft-term-lease-being-nuked\/"},"modified":"2025-02-27T11:26:58","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T16:26:58","slug":"unprecedented-elons-chainsaw-digs-into-irs-at-least-113-offices-closing-as-almost-every-soft-term-lease-being-nuked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unprecedented-elons-chainsaw-digs-into-irs-at-least-113-offices-closing-as-almost-every-soft-term-lease-being-nuked\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Unprecedented&#8217;: Elon&#8217;s Chainsaw Digs Into IRS, At Least 113 Offices Closing as Almost Every Soft Term Lease Being Nuked"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Funprecedented-elons-chainsaw-digs-into-irs-at-least-113-offices-closing-as-almost-every-soft-term-lease-being-nuked%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2407435&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The summary details a plan by officials\u2063 from\u200d the Trump administration to\u200c close 113 IRS offices, which provide in-person tax assistance to\u200c Americans. According to \u2064a\u2062 letter from the U.S. General\u200d Services Administration, either the leases for these offices will not be renewed or will be ended, with public-facing services being evaluated individually. This move is part \u200cof a broader strategy to reduce federal office space and workforce sizes, driven in part\u200b by Elon Musk&#8217;s emphasis\u200b on remote work within the federal \u200dgovernment.<\/p>\n<p>The IRS has recently laid off 7,000 probationary employees, coinciding with the tax filing season, which has raised concerns from the National Treasury Employees Union regarding potential economic \u200brepercussions. Union president Doreen Greenwald criticized the firings as harmful to local economies and families. However, public sentiment appears to favor cuts to the IRS, \u2062suggesting that \u200cmany \u200bAmericans view less taxation positively. The potential backlash against\u2064 opposing Democrats is also noted, as taxpayer frustration with the IRS may translate \u200cinto political consequences.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Trump administration officials plan to shutter 113 offices for the IRS.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. General Services Administration said in a Tuesday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/2025\/02\/26\/irs-taxpayer-assistance-centers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a> obtained by The Washington Post that the offices will either have their leases ended or will not renew them once they expire.<\/p>\n<p>The letter did not specify whether the offices, which offer in-person help to Americans filing their taxes, would relocate or close.<\/p>\n<p>But the letter said that &ldquo;public-facing&rdquo; operations will remain open and will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.<\/p>\n<p>This is just one of several moves to decrease the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-judge-grants-gop-lawmaker-standing-to-sue-biden-administration-over-unrwa-funding-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Texas judge grants GOP lawmaker standing to sue Biden administration over UNRWA funding - Washington Examiner\">federal government&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-ny-lawmaker-cuomo-should-still-be-impeached\/\" title=\"Democrat NY Lawmaker: Cuomo Should Still Be Impeached\">physical office space<\/a> and to downsize the federal workforce.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Elon Musk, who directs the Department of Government Efficiency, has repeatedly called attention to the vast extent to which people on the federal payrolls have opted for remote work, rather than coming into the office, and has advocated for decreasing the number of physical office leases.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/media-freaks-1-doge-employee-getting-irs-access-learn-biden-gave-919-people-access\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DOGE<\/a> also sent s to federal employees in recent days asking them to provide a short list of tasks they have accomplished recently, a move that Musk called a &ldquo;pulse review&rdquo; during the first meeting of the new Trump administration&rsquo;s Cabinet on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-shows-up-to-trump-cabinet-meeting-wearing-ironic-self-deprecating-t-shirt\/\" title=\"Elon Musk Shows Up to Trump Cabinet Meeting Wearing &#039;Ironic&#039; Self-Deprecating T-Shirt\">fictional individuals collecting paychecks<\/a>,&rdquo; Musk <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/elon-musk-shows-trump-cabinet-meeting-wearing-ironic-self-deprecating-t-shirt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> the officials. &ldquo;Are they alive, and can they write an ?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The move to shutter IRS offices comes after the agency dismissed 7,000 probationary employees and as millions of Americans prepare tax filings, which are due on April 15.<\/p>\n<p>The union that represents <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/goodbye-irs-trumps-blanket-tariff-plan-first-steps-abolishing-income-tax\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IRS<\/a> workers, needless to say, was not pleased.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Indiscriminate firings of IRS employees around the country are a recipe for economic disaster,&rdquo; Doreen Greenwald, president of the National Treasury Employees Union, complained in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/02\/20\/nx-s1-5304220\/irs-job-cuts-doge-tax-season\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> to NPR last week.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Much of the IRS workforce is outside of the Washington, D.C., area, which means these layoffs are disrupting their local economies and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">hurting middle-income families<\/a> in every state.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The union representing the disgruntled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/rules-thee-irs-agents-govt-employees-owe-stunning-1-5-billion-back-taxes-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">taxmen<\/a> may be annoyed.<\/p>\n<p>But taxpayers are not.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike the establishment interests of this country, the typical American forced to fork over massive s of his paycheck to a vast administrative state does not see paying less in taxes an &ldquo;economic disaster&rdquo; or a blow to &ldquo;hurting middle-class families.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Only a swamp creature of the greatest swampiness would make such an out-of-touch claim.<\/p>\n<p>Americans are meanwhile resonating with the DOGE effort.<\/p>\n<p>Targeting the IRS for cuts right in the middle of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-biden-says-child-tax-credits-will-hit-americans-bank-accounts-starting-this-summer\/\" title=\"President Biden Says \u2018Child Tax Credits\u2019 Will Hit Americans\u2019 Bank Accounts Starting This Summer\">tax season<\/a> is almost guaranteed to make them approve of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/media-freaks-1-doge-employee-getting-irs-access-learn-biden-gave-919-people-access\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DOGE<\/a> even more.<\/p>\n<p>The Democrats signaling against such efforts are almost guaranteed to suffer as a result.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; 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A letter from the U.S. General Services Administration, acquired by The Washington Post, indicated that these offices will either have their leases terminated or not renewed upon expiration. The letter did not clarify if the offices providing in-person tax assistance would relocate or shut down entirely. However, it mentioned that &#8220;public-facing&#8221; operations would remain open and be evaluated individually. This decision is part of broader efforts to reduce federal office space and workforce size.<\/p>\n<p>Elon Musk, who oversees the Department of Government Efficiency, has highlighted how many federal employees are working remotely instead of in-office and has pushed for fewer physical office leases. Recently, DOGE reached out to federal workers asking them for a brief list of recent accomplishments\u2014a move Musk referred to as a &#8220;pulse review&#8221; during a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday. He remarked on the existence of &#8220;fictional individuals collecting paychecks,&#8221; questioning their legitimacy.<\/p>\n<p>The IRS&#8217;s decision to close offices follows the dismissal of 7,000 probationary employees as millions prepare their tax returns due April 15. The union representing IRS workers expressed dissatisfaction with this move; Doreen Greenwald, president of the National Treasury Employees Union, stated that such layoffs could harm local economies and middle-income families across states.<\/p>\n<p>While union representatives may be frustrated by these changes, taxpayers seem more supportive. Many Americans do not view reduced taxes as an &#8220;economic disaster,&#8221; contrasting sharply with establishment perspectives on fiscal matters. 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