A mass exodus is happening over at the IRS, with tens of thousands of employees accepting President Trump’s latest buyout deal. Around 22,000 IRS employees have signed up for the resignation offer, which offered incentives to resign. On Friday, IRS employees were notified about the resignation package, which, if they accepted, would put them on paid administrative leave until September, at which point they would stop getting paid and leave their job. It’s a pretty sweet deal, let’s be honest — especially for an agency that President Trump wants to replace entirely. Accept the resignation deal and get paid through September or potentially be fired with no benefits when President Trump shuts the whole thing down: the choice is theirs. And, it’s a pretty common sense choice. BREAKING: 21,000 IRS agents just jumped ship after Trump’s offer to resign. Guess they finally realized they’re more of a burden than a “service” Now, let’s hope the rest follow suit and we can just shut the whole thing down already. pic.twitter.com/WU7xRVVyKa — Bethany O’Leary (@BBMagaMom) April 16, 2025 #BREAKING: haveOver 20,000 more IRS agents has just accepted President Donald Trump’s resignation offer. pic.twitter.com/0LnSZIGvZx — Beirut Barry (@BarryOue21536) April 15, 2025 The New York Times reported: About 22,000 employees at the Internal Revenue Service have signed up for the Trump administration’s latest resignation offer, according to four people familiar with the matter, an exodus that could weaken the agency’s ability to collect taxes. The I.R.S. had about 100,000 employees before President Trump took office. Roughly 5,000 employees have resigned since January, and an additional 7,000 probationary employees were laid off, though those firings have been contested in court. If those layoffs take effect, the agency would be on track to lose about a third of its work force this year. Under the terms of the Trump administration’s deferred resignation offer, employees who take the deal will be put on paid administrative leave through September and then leave their federal jobs. Some employees who took the offer could still opt out of resigning. Losing a third of I.R.S. staff — with remaining employees bracing for further layoffs and funding cuts — is expected to decrease the amount of revenue the federal government is able to collect. The cuts have already caused the I.R.S. to abandon some audits, current and former employees said, and taxpayers may feel more emboldened to try and avoid paying taxes if the I.R.S. is diminished. That’s a significant reduction, at just around 1/5, or 20%, of the IRS’s total staff. Around 20,000 IRS agents just took Trump & DOGE’s resignation offer & are quitting. That’s about 1/5 of the agency. Heck yeah. MAGA. pic.twitter.com/AqwVAGWsFL — Jeff Rainforth (@liberty_clarion) April 15, 2025 Keep in mind that these 20K additional resignations are already on top of the first 5K that took President Trump’s first buyout offer. And that’s also on top of the 7K probationary employees fired earlier this year. In total, we could be seeing a reduction by about 40% of IRS agents. Per Politico: The IRS could see a mass exodus of up to 40 percent of its workforce through a combination of buyouts offered by the Trump administration and widespread layoffs, according to an internal memo obtained by POLITICO. The memo outlines the agency’s plans to reduce its workforce to between 60,000 to 70,000 employees, down from a previous headcount of roughly 100,000. Notices of “reductions in force” will start going out this week, the memo says, specifying that “taxpayer services and compliance will need to be trimmed.” Already, around 22,000 employees at the IRS have opted to take the administration’s latest “deferred resignation” buyout offer, according to a person familiar with the plans granted anonymity to share them. Combined, the figures mean the IRS could lose significant portion of its workforce just as the 2025 tax filing season draws to a close Tuesday night. The new figures are on top of 7,000 probationary workers the IRS terminated earlier this year and up to 5,000 employees who accepted the administration’s first deferred resignation offer. CNBC also noted: About 20,000 Internal Revenue Service employees have expressed interest in accepting the Trump administration’s latest deferred resignation offer, a source familiar with the matter told CNBC on Tuesday. The agency, which grew to more than 102,000 workers in 2024, would shrink by roughly 20% if all of those staffers ultimately take the buyout offer. Those who accept will go on paid leave through the current fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30. The looming IRS exodus was revealed on the day of the deadline for Americans to file their income tax returns. The Federal News Network, citing an internal document, on Tuesday reported that the IRS plans to cut up to 40% of its workforce by the time its reduction-in-force efforts are complete. Roughly 12,000 IRS staffers and probationary employees have resigned or been laid off since January, according to The New York Times, which reported on the resignation offer earlier Tuesday.