The Department of Government Efficiency’s cutting of Internal Revenue Service office space is consistent with the federal government’s earlier findings about excessive expenses within the tax collecting agency.
The Trump administration will reportedly close more than 110 IRS offices across the country.
In June, during the Biden-Harris administration, the Treasury Department’s Inspector General for Tax Administration, or TIGTA, issued a report stating a majority of IRS offices are less than half full.
DOGE is addressing long-standing problems, said Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform.
“They like to say this is a political thing and that Elon Musk doesn’t know what he’s talking about. But the waste at the IRS and empty buildings is all documented by inspector general reports,” Norquist told The Daily Signal. “For the people who…
