IRS workers forced into ‘mandatory overtime’ to deal with backlog after DOGE cuts

Read IRS workers forced into ‘mandatory overtime’ to deal with backlog after DOGE cuts on WALY Radio

IRS workers forced into ‘mandatory overtime’ to deal with backlog after DOGE cuts

IRS staff have been told they must complete 16 hours of weekend overtime this month to help the agency process tax returns that have been flagged as containing possible errors.IRS Input Correction Operation employees working at the service’s submission processing center in Kansas City, Missouri, received a memo from Operation Manager Latifah Hisham on Friday informing them that they must serve the mandatory overtime on the weekends of both Saturday, May 10, and Saturday, May 17, to help clear the backlog.“Remember, if we do not make a sizable dent in the [Error Resolution System] ERS rejects… there is the possibility ..