r/FedEmployees • u/IamSomebody7 • 20h ago
IRS DPR2
Revenue Agent here. Been told to return to duty April 14. I hear other agencies are offering the deferred resignation again. So far I haven't seen it from the IRS...I just hear rumors that they will.
Has anyone else heard anything about the IRS offering the deferred resignation again?
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u/Wise_Choice_2712 19h ago
Return 4/14, Rif'd 4/15. Sorry...
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u/IamSomebody7 19h ago
Thats what i figured. Hoping they offer DRP so i can stay afloat.
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u/Wise_Choice_2712 19h ago
Me too. I want out. I'm over it.
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u/IamSomebody7 18h ago
It feels like they're bringing us back 4/14 to fuck with us. Because the first round of trauma wasn't enough. Just give me drp and let me get the hell on with my life.
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u/SoaringAcrosstheSky 14h ago
Yep. Trump and his pals get together for a group masturbation session and laugh at us.
I'm going to simply be a disrupter going forward. So tired of this nonsense. I can play too
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u/IamSomebody7 14h ago
I'm starting to feel like I died at some point and this new reality is my punishment.
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u/SoaringAcrosstheSky 14h ago
Yep. 35 years in. Bust my ass. Figure out the most complex tax schemes, collect millions for Uncle Sam and Trump and his pals just shit on us.
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u/IamSomebody7 14h ago
They discarded us like trash. I was only hired last june. But im a cpa with a decade of experience in tax. They were starting to have me put together presentations for training on tax topics. I worked hard and consistently, knocked it out of the park with my evals and case closure times.
And in return he goes on air and jokes about pushing us out the door, villefies us, things its funny and we deserved to have our livelihoods upended.
I feel horrible for those like you who have decades in...i truly hope this forced market crash doesnt destroy your pension.
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u/National_Cook_4419 20h ago
Got Notice that it was starting and VERA/VSIP are coming. I am in TPS
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u/PsychologicalBat1425 17h ago
I got the same notice. Did you see that they also want you to upload a resume?!
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u/Inevitable-Cold-9098 15h ago
The following message is from the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Management.
Treasury is offering a second and final Deferred Resignation Program (DRP 2.0) with applications accepted between Monday, April 7, 2025, through April 14, 2025. This program will mirror the benefits of the first offering including paid administrative leave through September 30, 2025. Employees electing the program will offboard no later than September 30, 2025, unless they choose to offboard sooner.
Treasury is offering DRP 2.0 to most permanent and term employees, including employees in their probationary or trial periods. However, bureaus may choose to exclude certain mission critical offices, functions, or individuals. For this reason, your application to participate in the DRP does not automatically entitle you to participate. You can expect to hear more from your bureau about which positions are not eligible for DRP 2.0 due to mission criticality.
Should you be deemed eligible to participate in DRP 2.0, you may be able to start administrative leave as early as April 28, 2025, and generally no later than June 2, 2025 (employees over 40 years of age maintain their right to 45 days to consider the terms of the DRP 2.0 agreement but could, at the employee’s sole discretion, sign the agreement at any time prior to the expiration of the 45 days. After signing and dating the agreement, the employees retain the right to revoke the agreement for 7 days).
Starting Monday, employees will be able to visit an online portal to accept DRP 2.0. Employees who are unable to access the portal can submit their application for DRP 2.0 via email or through their supervisor. As with the first DRP, DRP 2.0 will require signing an agreement. After electing DRP, your Human Resources Office will verify your eligibility and contact you to begin the offboarding process. If you have any questions on this program, please contact your servicing Human Resources Office.
Additionally, Treasury has obtained Voluntary Early Retirement Authority (VERA). Employees who are at least age 50 with at least 20 years of creditable Federal service, or any age with at least 25 years of creditable Federal service, are eligible for VERA. Should you be eligible for VERA after September 30, 2025, but before December 31, 2025, you may select to retire, and your separation date will be the earliest date on which you are eligible to retire.
If you choose to remain in your current position, we thank you for your renewed focus on serving the American people to the best of your abilities and look forward to working together as part of an improved and streamlined federal workforce. At this time, we cannot give you full assurance regarding which positions will remain – or where they will be located – after Treasury’s restructuring, but should your position be eliminated you will be afforded the protections in place for separations under such circumstances.
If you choose not to continue in your current role in the federal workforce, we thank you for your service to your country. If you resign under this program, you will retain all pay and benefits, regardless of your daily workload and you will be exempted from all applicable in-person work requirements until September 30, 2025 (or earlier if you choose to accelerate your resignation for any reason).
Many of the Frequently Asked Questions about the DRP program are available at https://www.opm.gov/fork/faq/ and in OPM’s Frequently Asked Questions on severance payments in the event of Reductions in Force.
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u/IamSomebody7 15h ago
Was that something you received via email?
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u/Mental_Youth_3606 13h ago
yes
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u/IamSomebody7 13h ago
I didn't. None of my coworkers did either. But we're RA's who have been on admin leave.
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u/Repulsive-Box5243 10h ago
Came to our IRS email, it was from *Treasury
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u/IamSomebody7 10h ago
Ok. So those of us still on admin leave...how the hell are we supposed to know about it??
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u/Repulsive-Box5243 10h ago
There will be a portal opening on Monday. Your manager can send you the link.
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u/IamSomebody7 9h ago
Ok. I will bug him about it on monday. He won't wanna lose me but he understands. He knew this was coming from the moment they first let me go.
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u/Repulsive-Box5243 9h ago
Good luck to you.
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u/IamSomebody7 9h ago
Thanks. Likewise. I don't see that I have much choice but to take it. We know a RIF is right around the corner.
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u/TheGratitudeBot 9h ago
Thanks for saying thanks! It's so nice to see Redditors being grateful :)
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u/Repulsive-Box5243 9h ago
For my family and me, I'm making the best of an awful situation. This is the best option for me personally. Would I rather have been allowed to stay until MRA or even FRA? Absolutely. But here we are.
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u/Good_Increase_2508 20h ago
You probably won't hear anything until after the bulk of tax season is over, or they start reworking the tax code.
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u/Medical-Awareness687 16h ago
IRS is about 2 months behind every other agency on what they are doing and are following a completely different methodology from what I have read. I am going to be reading every email, taking the training and following instructions so that I am not scratching my head at the end wondering what happened to me. I’m not relying on rumors and my head is swimming but unfortunately I think we are just getting started
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u/IamSomebody7 16h ago
Ughh. The IRS has the competence and efficiency of a stump. At least my POD is bursting at the seams so i will get telework if i have to work through May.
They had us check all our stuff in back in Feb. And they were too stupid to hang onto any of it. So they'll have to get us new stuff all over again which in and of itself could take a couple weeks. Fucking ridiculous.
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u/Mean_Rain_1879 14h ago
We were not too stupid to hang onto it. We expected illegal mass firings would be ruled illegal and kept everything we got back. We didn't get everything back from everyone. But that's hardly surprising given the absolutely disgraceful way people were treated.
You will have equipment next week. PIV cards I don't know, those were required to be destroyed.
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u/IamSomebody7 14h ago
What about pocket commissions? Was hoping when i left for good they could do that thing where they retired my PC and let me keep it.
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u/Outforjustice2025 14h ago
Would you know if our computer drives and files will be accessible still or was everything deleted? I had all my notes of training on how to do my job.
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u/Mean_Rain_1879 13h ago
Sorry, I am not in a place to know about file retention. If your files were copied to OneDrive, then probably it's all there in the cloud waiting patiently for your return. But I do not know.
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u/Clean-Ad-1880 20h ago
Did you receive the RIF email yesterday? I thought it mentioned DRP2.
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u/IamSomebody7 20h ago
No. I'm still set to return April 14. Its my understanding that yesterday it was the former DEI office people who got the RIF. I'm sure we're next though.
If you received a RIF email, would you share a screenshot of it?'
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u/FlamingoAlive4948 17h ago
Treasury offered DRP2 for OCC so hopefully it makes it to the IRS Monday.
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u/IamSomebody7 17h ago
Ok that makes me feel way better. If Treasury offered it to someone else, they'll offer it to IRS.
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u/Ok-Improvement-1766 11h ago
The following message is from the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Management.
Treasury is offering a second and final Deferred Resignation Program (DRP 2.0) with applications accepted between Monday, April 7, 2025, through April 14, 2025. This program will mirror the benefits of the first offering including paid administrative leave through September 30, 2025. Employees electing the program will offboard no later than September 30, 2025, unless they choose to offboard sooner.
Treasury is offering DRP 2.0 to most permanent and term employees, including employees in their probationary or trial periods. However, bureaus may choose to exclude certain mission critical offices, functions, or individuals. For this reason, your application to participate in the DRP does not automatically entitle you to participate. You can expect to hear more from your bureau about which positions are not eligible for DRP 2.0 due to mission criticality.
Should you be deemed eligible to participate in DRP 2.0, you may be able to start administrative leave as early as April 28, 2025, and generally no later than June 2, 2025 (employees over 40 years of age maintain their right to 45 days to consider the terms of the DRP 2.0 agreement but could, at the employee’s sole discretion, sign the agreement at any time prior to the expiration of the 45 days. After signing and dating the agreement, the employees retain the right to revoke the agreement for 7 days).
Starting Monday, employees will be able to visit an online portal to accept DRP 2.0. Employees who are unable to access the portal can submit their application for DRP 2.0 via email or through their supervisor. As with the first DRP, DRP 2.0 will require signing an agreement. After electing DRP, your Human Resources Office will verify your eligibility and contact you to begin the offboarding process. If you have any questions on this program, please contact your servicing Human Resources Office.
Additionally, Treasury has obtained Voluntary Early Retirement Authority (VERA). Employees who are at least age 50 with at least 20 years of creditable Federal service, or any age with at least 25 years of creditable Federal service, are eligible for VERA. Should you be eligible for VERA after September 30, 2025, but before December 31, 2025, you may select to retire, and your separation date will be the earliest date on which you are eligible to retire.
If you choose to remain in your current position, we thank you for your renewed focus on serving the American people to the best of your abilities and look forward to working together as part of an improved and streamlined federal workforce. At this time, we cannot give you full assurance regarding which positions will remain – or where they will be located – after Treasury’s restructuring, but should your position be eliminated you will be afforded the protections in place for separations under such circumstances.
If you choose not to continue in your current role in the federal workforce, we thank you for your service to your country. If you resign under this program, you will retain all pay and benefits, regardless of your daily workload and you will be exempted from all applicable in-person work requirements until September 30, 2025 (or earlier if you choose to accelerate your resignation for any reason).
Many of the Frequently Asked Questions about the DRP program are available at https://www.opm.gov/fork/faq/
and in OPM’s Frequently Asked Questions on severance payments in the event of Reductions in Force.
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u/PsychologicalBat1425 17h ago
Rumor is that VSIP and VERA come out next week. It is unclear whether DRP 2.0 will also be offered, but it seems likely. From what I have heard, again rumor, those taking DRP will work until the end of May, then can stay on admin leave through 9/30. So much shorter period than DRP 1
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u/Ok-Improvement-1766 11h ago
The following message is from the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Management.
Treasury is offering a second and final Deferred Resignation Program (DRP 2.0) with applications accepted between Monday, April 7, 2025, through April 14, 2025. This program will mirror the benefits of the first offering including paid administrative leave through September 30, 2025. Employees electing the program will offboard no later than September 30, 2025, unless they choose to offboard sooner.
Treasury is offering DRP 2.0 to most permanent and term employees, including employees in their probationary or trial periods. However, bureaus may choose to exclude certain mission critical offices, functions, or individuals. For this reason, your application to participate in the DRP does not automatically entitle you to participate. You can expect to hear more from your bureau about which positions are not eligible for DRP 2.0 due to mission criticality.
Should you be deemed eligible to participate in DRP 2.0, you may be able to start administrative leave as early as April 28, 2025, and generally no later than June 2, 2025 (employees over 40 years of age maintain their right to 45 days to consider the terms of the DRP 2.0 agreement but could, at the employee’s sole discretion, sign the agreement at any time prior to the expiration of the 45 days. After signing and dating the agreement, the employees retain the right to revoke the agreement for 7 days).
Starting Monday, employees will be able to visit an online portal to accept DRP 2.0. Employees who are unable to access the portal can submit their application for DRP 2.0 via email or through their supervisor. As with the first DRP, DRP 2.0 will require signing an agreement. After electing DRP, your Human Resources Office will verify your eligibility and contact you to begin the offboarding process. If you have any questions on this program, please contact your servicing Human Resources Office.
Additionally, Treasury has obtained Voluntary Early Retirement Authority (VERA). Employees who are at least age 50 with at least 20 years of creditable Federal service, or any age with at least 25 years of creditable Federal service, are eligible for VERA. Should you be eligible for VERA after September 30, 2025, but before December 31, 2025, you may select to retire, and your separation date will be the earliest date on which you are eligible to retire.
If you choose to remain in your current position, we thank you for your renewed focus on serving the American people to the best of your abilities and look forward to working together as part of an improved and streamlined federal workforce. At this time, we cannot give you full assurance regarding which positions will remain – or where they will be located – after Treasury’s restructuring, but should your position be eliminated you will be afforded the protections in place for separations under such circumstances.
If you choose not to continue in your current role in the federal workforce, we thank you for your service to your country. If you resign under this program, you will retain all pay and benefits, regardless of your daily workload and you will be exempted from all applicable in-person work requirements until September 30, 2025 (or earlier if you choose to accelerate your resignation for any reason).
Many of the Frequently Asked Questions about the DRP program are available at https://www.opm.gov/fork/faq/
and in OPM’s Frequently Asked Questions on severance payments in the event of Reductions in Force.
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u/PsychologicalBat1425 10h ago
The FAQ's are not great. It leaves out a few major things employees need to know:
- What happens of the court or congress determine the DRP is illegal and void? A. Will I get my job back? B. If payments under DRP stop for any reason, what recourse do I have? C. Will the government or court demand repayment of the pay received under the DRP? If so, will the Governemt guarantee to indemnify me, or waive any required repayment?
There are many more questions, but I'm not hearing anything other than what a great offer they think this is.
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u/Ok-Improvement-1766 9h ago
I know several of those questions are covered in the contract. These are my generic answers:
A. Depends on what the Court who makes the determination that DRP is illegal orders.
B. The contracts I have seen state that you give up all claims for acts before the contract is signed. After the contract is signed you have all the usual options which generally means file a civil lawsuit.
C. Depends on what the Court orders. However, the only plaintiff who would file an action asking the Deferred Resignation Program be declared illegal is a union who doesn't care about is members.
C (b). No, the administration isn't going to indemnify you. Why would they as it would be a union bringing the action seeking to stop the DRP not the Administration who are the ones who offered and want the program.
There are certainly some things that I didn't like in the contract I saw but this is really no different than any other contract. If you opt for the DRP and don't like the contract they send you don't sign it.
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u/PsychologicalBat1425 4h ago
I would have to read the contract again. My fear is that a court orders the contract void, would the Government bother filing an appeal? More concerning is that under a void contract all consideration is returned (unless the court offers some other remedy). If the government tries to pull back all payments made under the DRP, that could be devastating for many people. Most people will spend the money as they would their regular salary. I don't want to later find out I owe the Government $50K.
My position would certainly be a lot better if I could take the DRP 2.0 and accrue pay and benefits to Sept. 30, but there is a risk. If a VSIP with VERA is offered, that seems like the safe choice. If I thought the DRP was solid and safe, I would defintely take it.
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u/IamSomebody7 17h ago
All these conflicting rumors. I heard from yet another source that they will want us to work through May 1.
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u/This-Speech4659 20h ago
No news on DRP 2 at IRS. Only unsubstantiated rumors so far.