Judge finds IRS repeatedly violated federal law by sharing tax data with DHS
TL;DR
A federal judge found the IRS violated federal law roughly 42,695 times by sharing confidential taxpayer addresses with DHS immigration authorities in a data-sharing agreement last summer, highlighting privacy and legal concerns over IRS data handling.
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- Judge: IRS broke law ‘approximately 42,695 times’ in giving DHS data The Washington Post
- The IRS broke the law by disclosing confidential information to ICE 42,695 times, judge says The Boston Globe
- Court rejects bid to block IRS from sharing immigrants data with DHS The Hill
- Judge Says IRS Illegally Shared Taxpayer Data Nearly 43,000 Times With DHS Newsweek
- IRS Violated Privacy Law in ICE Data Sharing, Judge Confirms news.bloombergtax.com
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