⚡️🇺🇸NEW: The IRS is expected to fire as many as 15,000 employees as early as next week, according to ABC News.

The development comes as unemployment spiked 36% in D.C. thanks to DOGE.

The potential cuts are coming just one month before the IRS begins accepting tax returns.

IRS agents were not included in the federal buyout plan that many other federal workers received but were told to expect a similar plan in April.

The development comes as Trump's Commerce Secretary nominee Howard Lutnick has taunted abolishing the IRS and launching an ERS.