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WASHINGTON — The IRS will furlough nearly half of its workforce on Wednesday as part of the ongoing government shutdown, according to an updated contingency plan posted to its website.

Most IRS operations are closed, the agency said in a separate letter to its workers.

The agency's initial Lapsed Appropriations Contingency Plan, which provided for the first five business days of operations, stated that the department would remain open using Democrats' Inflation Reduction Act funds.

Now, only 39,870 employees, or 53.6%, will remain working as the shutdown continues. It is unclear which workers will remain on the job.

The notice to workers states that furloughed workers and those who remain on the job will receive back pay once the shutdown ends. This comes after the

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