Treasury Grants DHS Workers 30‑Day Automatic Tax Filing Extension Amid Record Shutdown
The Treasury has granted DHS workers an automatic 30‑day tax‑filing extension as the department remains in a roughly 48‑day shutdown. Separately, Axios reports President Trump is pledging an executive order to pay all DHS employees — his second unilateral pay move this week — a step tied to potential conflicts with the Antideficiency Act, while House GOP leaders have so far declined to force a vote and appear willing to let the shutdown continue into mid‑April.
📌 Key Facts
- Treasury granted DHS employees a 30-day automatic extension to file federal taxes amid the ongoing DHS shutdown.
- Separately from the Treasury tax extension, President Trump pledged an executive order to pay all DHS employees during the shutdown.
- That pledge is the second unilateral pay move in a week, following an earlier order to pay TSA employees.
- Reporting links these unilateral pay actions to potential violations of the Antideficiency Act, which prohibits spending without appropriations.
- The DHS shutdown has lasted roughly 48 days and remains unresolved, with no immediate House vote scheduled.
- Despite Senate movement, House GOP leadership is content to let the shutdown continue until at least mid-April absent an internal agreement.
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- The article reinforces that the DHS shutdown stands at roughly 48 days and remains unresolved, with no immediate House vote scheduled.
- It explains that, despite Senate movement, House GOP leadership is content to let the shutdown continue until at least mid‑April absent internal agreement.
- Separately from Treasury’s tax-filing extension, Trump is now pledging an executive order to pay all DHS employees during the same record shutdown.
- Axios notes this is his second such move in a week, following a prior TSA-pay order, indicating a pattern of unilateral attempts to ease shutdown pain.
- The article directly links these pay moves to potential conflict with the Antideficiency Act’s prohibition on spending without appropriations.