The IRS plans to lay off roughly 7,000 workers in Washington and around the country beginning Thursday, according to an AP source.

The layoffs of roughly 7,000 IRS probationary workers beginning this week likely mean the end of the agency’s plan to go after high-wealth tax dodgers

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has begun laying off around 7,000 probationary employees, a move that experts warn could significantly weaken tax enforcement and undermine efforts to pursue high-wealth tax dodgers.