消息称IRS正起草计划将裁减多达一半员工

消息称IRS正起草计划将裁减多达一半员工

世界新闻网

3/05/2025

据两位知情人士透露，美国国税局正在起草计划，通过裁员、自然减员和激励性买断相结合的方式，将员工人数削减一半。

据美联社报道，由于未获授权披露计划，这些知情人士要求匿名。

此次裁员是特朗普政府通过亿万富翁埃隆·马斯克的政府效率部缩小联邦劳动力规模的努力的一部分，目前特朗普政府关闭了多个机构，解雇了几乎所有尚未获得公务员保护的试用期员工，并通过“延期辞职计划”向几乎所有联邦雇员提供买断，以迅速减少政府员工数量。

前美国国税局局长约翰·科斯金表示，裁员数万将导致美国国税局“功能失调”。

根据美国国税局的最新数据，联邦税务部门在全美雇用了大约 90,000 名员工。有色人种占国税局员工总数的 56%，女性占 65%。

2 月份，已有大约 7,000 名服务年限约为一年或更短的试用期国税局员工被解雇。

特朗普政府已向国税局员工以及政府几乎所有联邦雇员提供了“延期辞职计划”买断，尽管参与 2025 年纳税季的国税局员工本月早些时候被告知，他们直到 5 月中旬，也就是纳税人申报截止日期之后，才被允许接受特朗普政府的买断要约。

除了计划中的裁员外，特朗普政府还打算将国税局工作人员借给国土安全部，以协助移民执法。国土安全部部长克里斯蒂·诺姆 (Kristi Noem) 在 2 月份发出的一封信中要求财政部长斯科特·贝森特 (Scott Bessent) 借用国税局工作人员，以帮助正在进行的移民打击工作。

科斯金宁和其他六位前国税局局长本月早些时候在《纽约时报》上撰文称：“大幅削减国税局的资源只会降低政府征收国会税款的效率和效力。”

根据白宫 2 月底发给联邦机构的一份备忘录，各机构将在 3 月 13 日前制定一份关于裁员计划的报告——但目前尚不清楚白宫是否会批准国税局的重组计划，以及将在多长时间内实施。

白宫、财政部和国税局的代表没有回应美联社的置评请求。《纽约时报》首先报道了这一讨论。

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联邦裁员波及房市华府新挂牌上市屋增2成

世界新闻网

3/04/2025

联邦裁员是否影响华府地区房市交易倍受瞩目。(路透)

对于联邦职位裁减可能导致更多房主决定卖房的担忧，似乎正逐渐显现。根据挂牌服务Bright MLS的最新统计，截至2月22日的一周内，华府地区市场上新挂牌的房屋数量比前一周增加了20%。

房屋仲介虽然之前回应称，将房屋销售与联邦裁员挂钩的说法不实，因为「事实根本不支持这些报导」。然而，区域挂牌服务Bright MLS的最新数据，隐隐约约透露了裁员可能对当地房市的影响。

Bright MLS首席经济学家史图特凡特(Lisa Sturtevant)表示，「我会建议谨慎行事，」她说，「一周的数据并不能告诉我们房地产市场即将发生戏剧性变化，但它表明市场可能会出现更多库存的变化。」

关于新挂牌房屋每周变化的一个注意事项是：虽然百分比看起来变化很大，但所依据的数字却很小。

例如，维吉尼亚州马纳萨斯公园市(Manassas Park City)新挂牌房屋数量增加了200%，但这仅基于六个新挂牌房屋来计算。附近的费尔法克斯市(Fairfax City)新挂牌房屋数量增加了50%，但也仅基于九个新挂牌房屋数量计算。

上周新挂牌房屋的增加，主要来自华府外围郊区，而靠近华府地区，如阿灵顿和亚历山大的挂牌数量保持稳定。

这可能是联邦政府劳动力另一项变化的预兆：新的重返办公室命令。史图特凡特说，这可能是一个迹象，表明更多需要通勤到华府的联邦员工，决定卖掉他们在郊区的房子，搬到更近办公室的地方，不过，她表示，现在下结论还为时过早。

在Bright MLS的最新每周报告中，还有一个值得关注的警示信号，即在已经挂牌的房屋对象中，7.5%的房屋出现了降价。史图特凡特说，「这可能表明一些卖家对市场的未来走向感到不确定，他们希望在进一步调整价格之前尽快卖掉房子。」

对于华府市场的潜在买家来说，市场上有更多房屋，甚至价格涨幅略有回落，都是受欢迎的。而且市场上确实有买家。在截至2月22日的一周内，房仲的房屋展示次数超过2万5000次，比前一周提高了21%。

史图特凡特说，「虽然有些人对联邦劳动力的变化、裁员和重返办公室做出了反应，但还有其他购房者一直在等待进入市场的机会，我们看到市场上仍然有很多活跃的买家。」

在截至2月22日的一周内，华府房屋市场有近1400套房屋签订了合同，比前周增加了1.1%。该地区人口最多的费尔法克斯郡上周有255笔正在待批交易(pending sale)，比前周增加了8.5%。

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(Active->Pending) For Rent ($4,000/month): 279 Terrie Dr, Sterling, VA 20165

279 Terrie Dr, Sterling, VA 20165

MLS# VALO2085672

Total Finished SQFT: 2,576

Date Available: 12/30/2024

Rent: $4,000/month

PARKLIKE SETTING!! FABULOUS EXPANDED CALVERT MODEL WITH UPPER LEVEL BUMP OUT & SUNROOM ON PRIVATE LOT BACKING TO TREED COMMON AREA. LARGE MBR SUITE. CONVENIENT 2ND FLOOR LAUNDRY. ISLAND KITCHEN HAS RECESSED LIGHTING, DOUBLE PANTRY, DESK, & BAY WINDOW. SUNROOM HAS SKYLIGHTS & VAULTED CEILING. FAMILY RM W/ FPL. CUSTOM DECK. NEW ROOF, WINDOWS, PADIO DOOR AND SLIDING DOORS. BRAND NEW WASHER, DISH WASHER, REFRIGERATOR, DISPOSER. NEW CARPET ON MAIN LEVEL. MOVE IN READY.

Please text the agent at 703-395-5406 for showings.

For the MLS listing, please visit;

https://matrix.brightmls.com/Matrix/Public/Portal.aspx?ID=DE-72477875433&agt=1

Instructions for showing

Showing Method: In-Person Only

Please text the agent at 703-395-5406 for showings.

Directions: RTE 7 W, R PALISADE PKWY, 1ST LEFT RTE 777 TRIPLESEVEN RD, R REGINA, R HAWKINS, R TERRIE TO #279.

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**Neighborhood Specialist (McLean, Falls Church, Vienna)** |
**Helping For Sale by Owner & For Rent by Owner**

DIY Landlord – Renting out Properties Safer and Quicker!

By David Chen

12/07/2024

Q. We purchased our first home some years ago, and are about to move to another home. We are considering to keep our first home as an income property. We heard of the free ads on CRAIGSLIST and zillow.com, but some landlord friends told us it could be a challenge to find qualified tenants through CRAIGSLIST and zillow.com. Is there any way to rent our property out quicker and safer with minimum cost? We are the kind of persons who would like to try things ourselves, and have some spare time.

A. You may have already done the initial research and have figured out the range of monthly rent of your property.

If the monthly rent is low such as $2000.00 or below, you may want to do it through CRAIGSLIST, https://postlets.com/, zillow.com, or similar web sites. The renters interested in the low-priced rentals may not go to the Realtors community for assistance.

If the monthly rent is $2000.00 or above, you may want to consider listing your rental on brightmls.com for the Realtors community to market it for you.

Bright MLS is made up of nine forward thinking MLSs (43 Associations) in the Mid-Atlantic region who put aside their differences and came together with a shared vision to help solve MLS market overlap and empower everyone to get more out of the MLS. Bright will serve parts of 6 states plus Washington, D.C. encompassing 85,000 real estate professionals who serve over 20 million consumers and facilitate approximately 250,000 transactions a year that are valued at more than $70 billion.

Dozens of public real estate websites (such as: zillow.com, redfin.com, brightmlshomes.com, etc.) pull data from brightmls.com through syndication. In a few hours, your listing will show up on dozens of websites and will get the maximum exposure. It is a lot quicker and safer finding qualified tenants than doing it through CRAIGSLIST and zillow.com. You may talk with a Realtor for assistance. Please be aware some Realtors take rental jobs, some don’t.

Over the years I have helped some landlords in the community renting their properties out with very low cost. A popular arrangement is to help the landlords ‘DIY’, which has been working well for those experienced landlords.

The good side of ‘DIY’ is that the landlords can ‘screen’ the potential tenants from the very beginning, have 100% control of the whole process, and enjoy the feeling of “on top of things”.

If you prefer minimum service, I can help you ‘DIY’:

1. I provide CMA, list your rental on brightmls.com, put a realtor’s lockbox at the front door if needed, provide the access log (if needed), support you through the whole process.

I charge a flat fee for the minimum service.

2. If you would like me to prepare the lease or review the lease, there is another reasonable flat fee. This service is optional.

3. You answer phone calls, work with the tenant (if the tenant doesn’t have an agent) or the tenant’s agent, run credit check, verify employment, check references, etc.. You pay the tenant’s agent (if there is one) directly on the move-in date – usually 25% of first-month rent.

If you need full-service, the commission is first-month rent – which includes the commission to be paid to the tenant’s agent.

If you need any customized service (between minimum service and full-service), we can work out an agreement.

Some information:

CMA stands for Comparable (some called Competitive) Market Analysis, that will help you determine the market value of your property for sale or for rent.

I use Sentry-key lockbox. Any Realtor with membership of NVAR (Northern Virginia Association of Realtors) or any other VA Realtors association can access and show the property.

The access log tells when the agents enter the property and their contact info. which can help you follow up with the agents.

If you like the DIY experience, I would recommend you to use the minimum service.

Please feel free to reach me if you need any assistance.
—
David Chen
Realtor (Licensed in VA) | Neighborhood Specialist (McLean, Falls Church, Vienna)
Libra Realty, LLC
dchenj@gmail.com
703-395-5406

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Websites that will show your flat fee mls listings

3/05/2024

Almost all real estate websites that offer the ability to search brokerage listings use a data feed from the MLS called Internet Data Exchange (IDX) to pull in listing data. Depending on the number of sites tapping into your MLS, your listing could appear on hundreds of websites. We do not control the content of any of the websites listed below. updated periodically & subject to change at any time Here are some examples of national websites by area that pull listings from the MLS: