The tax agency is laying off 7,000 employees, but there are protections for taxpayers whose refund payments are delayed.

Donald Trump and Elon Musk have taken to the federal workforce, enacting layoffs and terminations. Here are some impacted agencies.

The Trump administration terminated 243 Transportation Security Administration employees, according to Bloomberg, and is also reportedly planning to significantly slash staff in an agency that handles efforts to rebuild communities after major natural disasters,

A tearful executive at the U.S. Internal Revenue Service told staffers on Thursday that about 6,000 employees would be fired, a person familiar with the matter said, in a move that would eliminate roughly 6% of the agency's workforce in the midst of the busy tax-filing season.

The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is expected to fire about 6,700 employees on Thursday, a person familiar with the matter said, eliminating roughly 7% of the tax-collecting agency's workforce in the midst of the critical tax-filing season.