The IRS could partially close, hundreds of thousands of federal workers will temporarily miss paychecks, but Social Security benefits will still be paid if the government shuts down as expected at midnight Saturday.
Mail will still be delivered, but travelers at airports should expect longer lines, and visitors may get turned away at national parks when the government runs out of money at the end of the current fiscal year.over funding for fiscal 2025 also will result in 1.3 million active-duty U.S. troops not getting paid until lawmakers approve new appropriations. That’s when they also will get their back pay missed during the shutdown.
Because new funding for the Pentagon hasn’t been approved, active-duty troops won’t receive paychecks until the shutdown ends.The federal tax collectors haven’t released a contingency plan yet for the shutdown, but typically the IRS cuts back drastically on its operations. During the last shutdown, about 12% of IRS workers remained on the job.
Medicare and Medicaid benefits will continue, although the Social Security Administration will not issue replacement Medicare cards.Most federal employees in travel-related jobs will remain at work without getting paid. The Transportation Security Administration would keep all but 4,000 of its 59,000 employees on the job. Air traffic controllers also would remain on the job without paychecks.
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