WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS will lay off roughly 7,000 workers in Washington and around the country beginning Thursday, a person familiar with the plans told The Associated Press.

The IRS will lay off 7,000 workers starting Thursday, primarily affecting probationary employees in compliance roles across the U.S.

The U.S. Internal Revenue Service will begin laying off about 6,000 employees on Thursday, the New York Times reported on Wednesday, citing sources familiar with the plans. (Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington) Copyright 2025 Thomson Reuters.

NTEU is suing the Trump administration over its mass firing of federal employees, as well as its "pressure campaign on federal workers to quit their jobs."