Erin Slowey

Washington, D.C., United States

IRS Reporter at Bloomberg Tax

Covering the IRS for Bloomberg @Tax • @uofsc

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Articles

IRS Denies 10% of Workers Applying for Second Resignation Offer

6 days ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Erin Slowey |Erin Schilling |Rebecca Rainey

About 2,100 of the employees who applied for the Trump administration’s second deferred resignation offer at the IRS were denied, according to a person familiar with the matter. Roughly 20,000 IRS employees applied to take the deferred resignation offer which allows them to be on paid administrative leave through Sept. 30. This is just one of the incentives the Trump administration is giving to entice federal workers to leave and further its effort to shrink the federal workforce.
IRS Watchdog Is Reviewing Firings of Probationary Workers

6 days ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Erin Slowey

The IRS watchdog is evaluating how probationary IRS employees were terminated, the office confirmed Friday. Roughly 7,315 probationary employees at the IRS were first fired in February amid a slew of similar firings of probationary workers across the federal government. Since then these employees have been experiencing whiplash with their employment status as the issue plays out in court.
IRS Acting Commissioner Melanie Krause Departs Agency This Week

1 week ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Erin Slowey

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IRS Acting Commissioner Melanie Krause Departs Agency This Week

1 week ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Erin Slowey

Melanie Krause, acting commissioner of the IRS for less than two months, announced her last day at the agency was Wednesday, according to an email seen by Bloomberg Tax. “After 3½ memorable and engaging years of working with all of you, the decision to start a new chapter wasn’t an easy one but it is the right one for me and my family at this juncture,” Krause said in her email to all IRS employees. She is now going on leave, according to the email.
Trump Set to Name Whistleblower Gary Shapley as Acting IRS Head

1 week ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Erin Slowey

Gary Shapley, a Hunter Biden tax probe whistleblower, will be named acting IRS commissioner, according to an internal memorandum seen by Bloomberg Tax. Shapley will be taking over for Melanie Krause, the current acting commissioner, who is among the roughly 20,000 IRS employees taking a deferred resignation offer. Shapley will be the fourth person to hold the job this year as the agency stares down more cuts to its workforce. CNN earlier reported the pick.
Trump to Name Whistleblower Gary Shapley as Acting IRS Head (2)

1 week ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Erin Slowey

Gary Shapley will be named acting IRS commissioner, according to an internal memorandum seen by Bloomberg Tax. Shapley, a Hunter Biden tax probe whistleblower, will be the fourth person to hold the job this year as the agency stares down more cuts to its workforce and clawbacks to its billions in extra funding from the 2022 tax-and-climate law.
IRS Chief Information Officer to Depart Agency After Two Years

1 week ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Erin Slowey

IRS Chief Information Officer Rajiv Uppal will depart the agency after two years and take the deferred resignation offer, according to an email seen by Bloomberg Tax. Uppal, who will leave April 28, will be succeeded by Kaschit Pandya, current chief technology officer. Pandya will serve as acting CIO overseeing technology at the agency while senior leadership finalizes longer term plans for the job, the email said.
IRS Head, Privacy Chief to Quit Following Immigration Data Deal

2 weeks ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Erin Slowey

The acting IRS Commissioner and the agency’s privacy chief are leaving their posts on the heels of a clash over a data-sharing agreement that helps the Trump administration’s immigration effort, according to a person familiar with the matter. Melanie Krause, the acting commissioner, and Kathleen Walters, the chief privacy officer, will take the deferred resignation offer, which was revived again after being offered earlier this year.
IRS Head, Privacy Chief to Quit After Immigration Data Deal (1)

2 weeks ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Erin Slowey

The acting IRS commissioner and the agency’s privacy chief are leaving their posts on the heels of a clash over a data-sharing agreement that helps the Trump administration’s immigration effort, according to a person familiar with the matter. Melanie Krause, the acting commissioner, and Kathleen Walters, the chief privacy officer, will take the deferred resignation offer, which was revived again after being offered earlier this year.
Treasury Renews Deferred Resignation Offer Ahead of Job Cuts (1)

2 weeks ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Evan Weinberger |Erin Slowey

The Treasury Department is offering some employees a second chance to accept deferred resignation as part of the Trump administration’s efforts to slash the federal workforce. Treasury employees who received the offer will have one week beginning April 7 to accept it, according to a Friday night email obtained by Bloomberg Law. The offer allows employees to remain on administrative leave and be paid through September, although workers who accept it can “offboard” before then, the email said.