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@ Chuck Darwin
2025-03-01 19:24:36
Email shows that Musk ally is moving to close office behind free tax filing program
The 18F office within the General Services Administration (GSA) created the
✅ "IRS Direct File program"
that allows for free online tax filings.
It has been a frequent target of Musk,
Thomas Shedd, a 28-year-old former Tesla software engineer who took over in late January as head of the GSA’s Technology Transformation Services,
❌informed staffers that the agency would close 18F in an email to staffers that arrived around 1am on Saturday morning.
According to the message, the firings were in support of the executive order Donald Trump issued, which has empowered Musk’s so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge) taskforce to cut federal workers.
🔥“The 18F Office has been identified as part of this phase of the GSA’s Reduction in Force (RIF) as non-critical,” the email states.
“This decision was made with explicit direction from the top levels of leadership within both the Administration and GSA. There are no other TTS programs impacted at this time, however we anticipate more change in the future.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/01/musk-close-irs-free-filing-system?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other