The IRS will lay off thousands of probationary workers in the middle of tax season, according to two sources familiar with the agency’s plans, and cuts could come as soon as next week.

This comes as the Trump administration intensified sweeping efforts to shrink the size of the federal workforce, by ordering agencies to lay off nearly all probationary employees who had not yet

The Trump administration is preparing to lay off thousands of "probationary" employees working for the Internal Revenue Service, reported The New York Times on Friday afternoon. "The Office of Personnel Management,