Welcome to log out. Today, I updated your tax data and the Trump administration has backed up a plan to get Governor’s staff access to hyper-sensitive tax information.
Wait, what does the White House want? The White House wants the IRS to allow Doge Team members to access a system that contains taxpayer records, personal ID numbers and bank information, which is allegedly intended to combat fraud.
IRS officials were shocked by the plan that would give outsiders access to tax data at the personal level. Critics filed a lawsuit to block the plan, believing it posed a huge privacy risk and opening the door to abuse of power. (We introduced it on Tuesday If you want to do some backread)
Is that plan going on? No, or at least not the most extreme form. Under the agreement between the IRS and the White House, Governor’s staff will get some tax data — but the most sensitive information will remain restricted. Washington Post.
Specifically, if a staff member wishes to obtain a tax return, he can only obtain information that does not allow him to identify any taxpayer. The New York Times.
What is the overall situation? Typically, only a few professional officials have access to a single taxpayer database and handing it over to the conductor’s plan lists the main wake-up bells. For now, these concerns have been partially alleviated and your tax information is safer.
So, it’s time to log out…
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