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.

The IRS will lay off roughly 7,000 workers in Washington and around the country beginning Thursday, a person familiar with the plans told the Associated Press. The layoffs affect probationary employees with roughly one year or less of service at the agency and largely include workers in compliance departments,

The IRS will lay off roughly 7,000 workers in Washington and around the country beginning Thursday, a person familiar with the plans told the Associated Press.

The IRS reportedly plans to layoff around 6,000 employees amid a hiring freeze set by President Donald Trump. The IRS layoffs are set to begin Thursday primarily impacting new hires, according to the New York Times and Reuters.

Thousands of people were fired from the IRS this week in the thick of tax season. Most of those fired were “probationary” workers, people typically having served in their roles for under two years. The cuts are part of the Trump administration’s widespread efforts to downsize the federal workforce,

The IRS is cutting more than 6,000 jobs this week, as part of the Trump administration's downsizing of the overall federal workforce. The job cuts at the IRS come in the middle of the tax-filing season.