The IRS quietly updated its lapsed funding contingency plan, slightly boosting the number of staff working during the shutdown. The largest increase is Chief Counsel staff working on One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB) implementation.
The updated plan, dated October 18, shows an overall increase of 112 IRS employees working during the shutdown. The IRS had placed 39,867 workers in category A-1 as of October 8 but has now increased that number to 39,979. Workers in this category will continue working during the shutdown, with their work “financed by a resource other than annual appropriations.”
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