Trump and Musk sent walking papers to thousands of employees at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) — the agency that collects taxes, reads and pays taxpayers’ returns, and goes after people who cheat the system. The mass layoff came just as Americans begin to file their taxes, as the annual April 15 deadline approaches — and is expected to become a gift to millionaire and billionaire tax cheats, from whom IRS agents reclaimed more than $1.3 billion in 2024.