On Tuesday, as federal lawmakers looked decreasingly likely to come to a spending agreement to avoid a government shutdown before midnight, the Treasury Department issued a plan of operations that would allow all staff of the Internal Revenue Service to continue working as usual, with pay, for up to five days. Under the plan, the department would shift funding that the IRS received from the Inflation Reduction Act into the taxing agency’s operational budget. The contingency plan doesn’t provide any details about what the IRS would do if a government shutdown extends past five business days. President Trump signaled that he might further use a shutdown to make permanent staff and services cuts. Read more about the Treasury Department’s plan of operations for the IRS at: