A reported plan to cut staff at the agency by half and uncertainty over the future of its free tax filing program could have massive consequences, think tank says.

For years, right-wing media have raged against expanding the capacity of the IRS to pursue such tax cheats. Project 2025 ... every civil servant into a political appointee and a loyalist to ...

While proponents of downsizing the IRS argue that reducing bureaucracy saves taxpayer dollars, the reality is that weakening the IRS will embolden tax cheats ... is not about political ideology ...