(CNN) - The Internal Revenue Service is feeling the pinch from the government shutdown.

Officials said they are furloughing nearly half of the agency’s more than 74,000 staff members.

This move comes as part of the IRS’s new shutdown contingency plan.

Previously, the IRS said its entire workforce would stay on the job due to funds that came from the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act.

But the original plan only called for that to cover the initial five business days.

The updated contingency could be tweaked to address what the agency describes as “additional challenges.”

The IRS notes the new staffing levels are expected to stay in effect through April.

The IRS has been in the midst of implementing tax law changes in the Trump administration’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” passed by Congr

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