The Treasury Department is weighing options on how to streamline the agency, Fox Digital learned. (Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The Treasury Department spokesperson spoke to Fox News Digital amid reports that up to half of the IRS' roughly 90,000-person staff could be terminated.
The nation's tax agency was drafting plans for the terminations as part of the Department of Government Efficiency's mission to audit federal agencies and remove government overspending, mismanagement and fraud, the Associated Press reported Tuesday.
Thousands of employees across various agencies – including the Department of Health and Human Services, the U.S. Agency for International Development and the Department of Energy – have been terminated as the Trump administration works to slim down the federal government and realign its agencies with Trump's "America First" policies. Agencies notably have terminated probationary employees who have not yet achieved full-time employment with the federal government as they are recent hires or were just reassigned to a new role within the government.
The IRS is preparing for a shake-up as the Treasury Department weighs options to modernize the agency. (J. David Ake/The Associated Press)
"Where they're allowed to carry guns, you know, they're so strong on guns, but these people are allowed to carry guns, so we'll probably move them to the border," he continued.
Certain special IRS agents are permitted to carry firearms as part of their duties, according to IRS Code, 26 U.S. Code § 7608.
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The Trump administration is reportedly planning to reassign some IRS agents to assist the Department of Homeland Security with immigration enforcement. (James Breeden for New York Post/Mega)
The Treasury Department's efforts to streamline the IRS come amid tax season, with the federal government expecting Americans' individual income tax returns to be submitted by April 15.
Fox News Digital's Greg Wehner contributed to this report.
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