The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is halting its layoff plan and aims to re-staff the agency.

"As the IRS works to modernize and implement President Trump’s agenda, including the One Big Beautiful Bill, we are committed to ensuring the agency is staffed appropriately to serve the American people effectively and efficiently,” said a Treasury spokesperson in a statement to The Hill.

This represents a reversal from months of cutting by the IRS, which has been in turmoil for months and recently lost its commissioner, Billy Long.

Since February, the IRS has tried to downsize its workforce from 100,000 employees to

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