The tax agency is laying off 7,000 employees, but there are protections for taxpayers whose refund payments are delayed.

The Trump administration reportedly started to lay off nearly 7,000 new workers from the IRS on Thursday, including many who work in enforcement. A day earlier, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told Fox News that Trump’s goal is to “abolish” the IRS and replace its tax revenue with tariff cash.

Layoffs at the IRS began Thursday, multiple outlets reported, with about 7,000 people—or 7% of the IRS’ workforce—expected to be impacted, a person familiar with the situation told The Washington Post;