The IRS placed 34,000 employees — nearly half of its workforce — on furlough as the federal government shutdown continues. Just under 40,000 workers remain on the job, and CNBC reports that most IRS operations are now closed. The furloughs took effect Wednesday, a week before the Oct. 15 filing deadline for taxpayers who received... The post IRS furloughs almost half its workers as filing deadline nears appeared first on Straight Arrow News.