WaPo reported that the #IRS had improperly shared #confidential #tax information of thousands of individuals with #immigration enforcement officials. That report was confirmed by a subsequent court filing by Dottie A. Romo, the IRS’s chief risk & control officer.
#DHS officials have defended the data-sharing agreement as necessary to crack down on illegal #immigration. [but you can’t break a law because you think another law was broken.]

#Trump #law #privacy #InfoSec #WhiteSupremacy

WaPo reported that the #IRS had improperly shared #confidential #tax information of thousands of individuals with #immigration enforcement officials. That report was confirmed by a subsequent court filing by Dottie A. Romo, the IRS’s chief risk & control officer.
#DHS officials have defended the data-sharing agreement as necessary to crack down on illegal #immigration. [but you can’t break a law because you think another law was broken.]

#Trump #law #privacy #InfoSec #WhiteSupremacy

“The #IRS violated the [ #IRC] approximately 42,695 times by disclosing last known taxpayer addresses to #ICE ... without confirming that ICE’s request set forth the ‘address of the taxpayer with respect to whom the requested return information relate[d],’” the judge’s opinion stated.
The case is now before the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit, where the government is appealing Kollar-Kotelly’s November order that blocked the data-sharing arrangement.

#Trump #law #immigration #privacy

The ruling finds that #DHS did not follow this #law. The judge wrote that the vast majority of the nearly 47,300 taxpayer addresses the #IRS shared with #ICE in August were disclosed without the IRS confirming that ICE provided a valid address for the person whose records it was seeking.

#Trump #immigration #privacy #InfoSec #WhiteSupremacy #WhiteChristianNationalism

Federal #law requires that before the #IRS hands over a taxpayer’s address, a requesting agency must first provide the IRS with the name & address of the person it’s looking for. The requirement exists to ensure that the government can access confidential tax records only for individuals it has already specifically identified.

#Trump #immigration #privacy #InfoSec #WhiteSupremacy #WhiteChristianNationalism

A federal judge has found that the #IRS violated federal law “approximately 42,695 times” when it shared confidential taxpayer addresses with #immigration enforcement officials last summer.
U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly issued the ruling Thursday as part of ongoing litigation over a data-sharing arrangement between the IRS & the #DHS.

#Trump #law #privacy #InfoSec #WhiteSupremacy #WhiteChristianNationalism

Judge rules #IRS broke #law ‘approximately 42,695 times’ in giving #DHS data
A court on Thursday issued an opinion on a data-sharing agreement between the taxpayer agency & federal #immigration authorities.

#Trump #law #privacy #InfoSec #WhiteSupremacy #WhiteChristianNationalism
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/02/26/irs-data-federal-judge-dhs-illegal/

IRS Tactics Against Meta Open a New Front in the Corporate Tax Fight

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/business/irs-meta-corporate-taxes.html

#HackerNews #IRS #Meta #Corporate #Tax #Fight #TaxReform #BusinessNews

#politics #cryptocurrency #IRS #MoneyLaundering

'Even before the recent reductions, the IRS struggled to oversee dirty money in the fast-growing crypto sector, according to experts. '

https://www.icij.org/investigations/coin-laundry/as-crypto-industry-expands-u-s-slashes-office-examining-dirty-money-safeguards-of-cryptocurrency-exchanges/

#politics #cryptocurrency #IRS #MoneyLaundering

'Even before the recent reductions, the IRS struggled to oversee dirty money in the fast-growing crypto sector, according to experts. '

https://www.icij.org/investigations/coin-laundry/as-crypto-industry-expands-u-s-slashes-office-examining-dirty-money-safeguards-of-cryptocurrency-exchanges/

When the #IRS shared the addresses with #DHS, it also inadvertently disclosed private information for thousands of #taxpayers erroneously, a mistake only recently discovered, said people familiar….
The affected individuals could be entitled to financial compensation for each time their #information was improperly shared. And government officials can personally face stiff #civil & #criminal penalties for sharing #confidential #tax information.

#law #privacy #immigration #InfoSec #Trump

When the #IRS shared the addresses with #DHS, it also inadvertently disclosed private information for thousands of #taxpayers erroneously, a mistake only recently discovered, said people familiar….
The affected individuals could be entitled to financial compensation for each time their #information was improperly shared. And government officials can personally face stiff #civil & #criminal penalties for sharing #confidential #tax information.

#law #privacy #immigration #InfoSec #Trump

Federal #courts have since blocked the data-sharing arrangement, holding that it violates #taxpayers’ rights, though the #FederalGovernment appealed those rulings.
Before the agreement was struck down, #DHS requested the addresses of 1.2 million individuals from the #IRS. The tax agency responded with data on 47,000 individuals, acc/to court records.

#law #privacy #immigration #InfoSec #Trump

#Federal #law mandates strict protections of the identities of #taxpayers, including sharing data within the #FederalGovernment. Undocumented #immigrants have for years paid #taxes with assurances that doing so would not result in them being targeted by #immigration enforcement.

But in a controversial decision, #Treasury, which oversees the #IRS, in April 2025 agreed to provide #DHS with the names & addresses of individuals the #Trump admin believed to be in the country illegally.

The Internal Revenue Service improperly shared confidential tax information of thousands of individuals with #immigration enforcement officials, acc/to 3 people familiar with the situation, appearing to breach a #legal #firewall intended to protect taxpayer data.
The erroneous disclosure was only recently discovered, the people said. The #IRS is working with officials from #Treasury, #DOJ & #DHS on the #Trump admin’s response.

#law #privacy #InfoSec #DOGE

This has to be a #DOGE Easter Egg.

#IRS “improperly” [accidentally-on-purpose] disclosed #confidential #immigrant tax data to #DHS
The #tax agency only recently discovered the “mistake” & is working with other federal agencies on a response.

#law #privacy #immigration #InfoSec #Trump
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/02/11/immigrants-irs-dhs-tax-data/

This from the guy who repeatedly swore up & down he’d release his taxes

#Trump sues the #IRS & #Treasury Department for at least $10 billion, alleging an unauthorized #leak of his #TaxReturns in his first term

#FactCheck #TrumpLies #law
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/29/business/trump-sues-irs-for-usd10-billion

This from the guy who repeatedly swore up & down he’d release his taxes

#Trump sues the #IRS & #Treasury Department for at least $10 billion, alleging an unauthorized #leak of his #TaxReturns in his first term

#FactCheck #TrumpLies #law
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/29/business/trump-sues-irs-for-usd10-billion

IRS: Sorry, but It’s Just Easier and Cheaper to Audit the Poor

Congress asked the IRS to report on why it audits the poor more than the affluent. Its response is that it doesn’t have enough money and people to audit the wealthy properly. So it’s not going to.

Taxes #poverty #IRS #TaxAudit https://www.propublica.org/article/irs-sorry-but-its-just-easier-and-cheaper-to-audit-the-poor

IRS: Sorry, but It’s Just Easier and Cheaper to Audit the Poor

Congress asked the IRS to report on why it audits the poor more than the affluent. Its response is that it doesn’t have enough money and people to audit the wealthy properly. So it’s not going to.

Taxes #poverty #IRS #TaxAudit https://www.propublica.org/article/irs-sorry-but-its-just-easier-and-cheaper-to-audit-the-poor