IRS employees involved in the 2025 tax season will not be allowed to accept a buyout offer from the Trump administration until after the taxpayer filing deadline.

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employees who accepted the Trump administration's buyout and opted for deferred resignation have been asked by their employers to continue working for a few months due to the "essential" nature of their jobs.

Internal Revenue Service employees who had agreed to the Trump administration's buyout offer are now being ordered to work at the agency until a month after the tax-filing deadline, prompting the head of the employee union to call it a "bait-and-switch."

A letter sent to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employees said those involved in the 2025 tax season won’t be able to accept the buyout offer President Trump offered federal employees until after

Some government employees who work for the Internal Revenue Service and choose to take the so-called "buyout" offered by the White House, will have to stick around through tax season 2025, according to an email viewed by Axios.

IRS employees involved in the 2025 tax season will not be allowed to accept a buyout offer from the Trump administration until after the taxpayer filing deadline, according to a letter sent Wednesday to IRS employees.

IRS employees can't accept Trump administration's buyout offer until May 15, after tax season. Union leaders warn the plan lacks funding and advise workers against it. The proposal aims to reduce federal workforce.