2/04/2026

N. WISCONSIN / UP – With tax refund season underway will the partial government shutdown affect your refund?  The answer is no at least for now.  The Internal Revenue Service is operating normally during the partial government shutdown.  The IRS said its nearly 75,000 employees will continue working through Saturday.  The agency said staff members are being paid under the Inflation Reduction Act.  However, during last fall’s record-long shutdown, the IRS initially kept all employees working; however, the agency furloughed more than 34,000 employees a week into the impasse.  It is unclear what will happen after Saturday if the partial government shutdown continues.