One key result is that almost every probationary federal employee, which generally means people who came on board within the past year or two and who haven’t yet qualified for the strong employment protections that government jobs are generally known for–reportedly 200,000 federal employees–faces the possibility of being let go.

About 7,000 employees are expected to lose their jobs at the tax agency, according to a person familiar with the decision.

Thursday marked one month since Donald Trump was sworn in as president. And today, some workers at the IRS were terminated. NBC News' Peter Alexander reports from the White House.

Office of Community Planning and Development: The Trump administration is aiming to cut the office, an arm of the department of Housing and Urban Development, from 936 staffers to 150, or 84%, the New York Times reported, citing a document it obtained detailing the plans.

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 Trump administration began firing more than 6,000 IRS employees this week. The agency is also under a hiring freeze amid the busy tax season.

The recent Internal Revenue Service layoffs could delay or cause mistakes in taxpayers' refunds, but filing your taxes soon, correctly and electronically could prevent these issues

The IRS has begun laying off more than 6,000 new and newly promoted employees across the country as part of the push to slash the federal government, sources say.