Staffing shortages at the Internal Revenue Service has left a backlog of nearly 590,000 amended tax returns - and could result in delays to Americans receiving refunds, according to a recent report.
The IRS workforce has been cut by approximately 27 percent, according to the most recent figures, following layoffs by the Department of Government Efficiency (known as DOGE,) which was overseen by billionaire Elon Musk in the early days of the Trump administration.
