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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Business
Gene Marks

Read the signs of Trump’s federal firings: AI is coming for private sector jobs too

The US Internal Revenue Service building
The US Internal Revenue Service building in Washington DC after it was reported the IRS will lay off about 6,700 employees. Photograph: Kent Nishimura/Reuters

The Trump administration recently announced that it would be laying off approximately 6,700 workers at the Internal Revenue Service, about 8% of the people employed by the agency. Tens of thousands of federal employees at other agencies are also losing their jobs.

The timing could not be worse. We’re in the middle of the tax season with corporations and individuals facing filing deadlines in March and April. Millions of returns will need to be processed. Refunds will be due. Questions will need to be answered. But that’s not all.

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