IRS Says Some Employees Cannot Take Trump Buyout Offer Until After Tax Filing Deadline

Jan. 27 was the official start date of the 2025 tax season and the IRS expects more than 140 million tax returns to be filed by the April 15 deadline.

A copy of an IRS 1040 tax form at an H&R Block office in Miami, Fla., on Dec. 22, 2017. Joe Raedle/Getty Images

The IRS told its employees this week that workers involved in the 2025 tax season cannot accept a buyout offer from the Trump administration to federal employees until May.

Federal employees faced a midnight Thursday deadline to accept the buyout offer, known as a “deferred resignation,” which Trump officials say is an attempt to reform the federal workforce. A judge on Thursday placed a temporary hold on the buyout program.