Over 3,500 IRS employees in one division expected to be terminated by end of week
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Over 3,500 Internal Revenue Service employees are expected to be terminated by the end of this week, according to the text of an email obtained by CBS News and shared by an IRS employee.
The email was sent to managers of the IRS Small Business/Self-Employed Division Wednesday, and it says that the affected SBSE employees will be notified Thursday by the IRS Human Capital Office.
The email, signed by SBSE commissioner Lia Colbert and SBSE deputy commissioner Maha Williams, says that "while details are still developing, we understand that over 3,500 SB/SE probationary hires will be terminated by the end of this week."
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