IRS Employees Who Took Trump 'Buyout' Ordered to Stay, Told Their Work Is Too 'Essential'
www.latintimes.com
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employees who accepted the Trump administration's buyout and opted for deferred resignation have been asked by their employers to continue working for a few months due to the "essential" nature of their jobs.

Summary

IRS employees who accepted the Trump administration’s buyout offer have been told they must continue working until May 15 because their roles are deemed “essential.”

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) had offered voluntary resignations and warned of future downsizing for those who stayed.

Uncertainty now surrounds the offer’s implementation, sparking frustration among employees.

The National Treasury Employees Union criticized the move, arguing it proves IRS workers are vital, especially during tax season, and that federal job cuts risk harming public services.

  • OutForARip
    72·
    5 hours ago

    The cents of interest is not worth losing access to a non-accessible savings account.

    Your advice is great for someone with lots of disposable income, not great for those living pay check to pay check.

    • empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      2·
      3 hours ago

      What’s the difference between a time locked CD and paying excessive tax withholding to the government that you don’t get back until the following year? Its not available either way.
      I only ever buy CD’s 6 to 12mo at a time, you arent required to buy some long term 36 or 48mo CD.

      The point I am making is that OP apparently has that extra income but is not utilizing it right. He’s loaning it to the government for free if he gets a 10k tax refund yearly, that’s actual insanity. No properly set tax withholding should ever have a refund more than $500-1k.
      Hell, 10k in a 12mo CD right now is an extra $450 in your pocket yearly. Rather than loaning it to the government for free, you can make some side cash with it. Plus he can fine tune his savings rate to be more comfortable for the rest of the year rather than waiting for that refund check to breathe easy.

      • Raiderkev@lemmy.world
        1·
        38 minutes ago

        I have a good chunk of money getting 4% APY right now. I just mainly do the overpayment on my paycheck so I get a big payday in April. I know my money is better off there, I just like having money set aside that I cannot touch. In theory I can just set a direct deposit to an account and just not log in and throw away the debit card, which is probably what I’ll do, but I’d rather this not be forced upon me by having absolute morons raiding our government’s coffers to worry about.

      • FloMo@lemmy.world
        3·
        4 hours ago

        I think they were specifically referring to “CD” account, which generally speaking pays more interest than a standard savings account but requires a commitment where you cannot access the funds for a fixed amount of time 6 months, 12 months, etc)