The IRS is laying off at least 3,000 workers in the middle of the tax season.This move comes as the Trump administration aims to reduce the federal workforce.See the story in the video aboveThe White House confirmed this could be the beginning of larger layoffs at the agency."There are many, many, more than 100,000 people working to collect taxes, and not all of them are fully occupied," said Kevin Hassett, the director of the National Economic Council. "The Treasury Secretary is studying the matter and feels like 3,500 is a small number and can probably get bigger, especially as we improve the IT."The layoffs will affect probationary employees in Washington and across the country who have worked at the agency for one year or less.It also includes workers in compliance departments, who ensure taxpayers file their returns and pay their taxes.This is part of a larger effort from the administration to cut government spending, which includes ordering agencies to fire nearly all probationary employees who do not yet have civil service protection.These layoffs come despite the administration telling some IRS employees they could not take the recent buyout offer until after tax filing season was over.