The IRS would get whacked in a government shutdown

Published December 13, 2018 5:00am ET



If a government shutdown is coming, it’s going to hit the IRS hard.

Nearly 90 percent of the tax collection agency’s workforce would be furloughed if President Trump and congressional Democrats can’t agree on a bill to keep a handful of federal agencies open past Dec. 21.

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