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IRS Divulges Personal Taxpayer Information

Posted on May 11, 2010 by Dissent

The Internal Revenue Service does not always properly authenticate the identity of taxpayers calling its toll-free assistance lines before providing them with confidential tax account information, according to a new government report.

The report, by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, found that taxpayers who call the IRS-toll-free lines are at risk of having their personally identifiable information inadvertently overheard and disclosed during conversations with IRS employees. TIGTA auditors listened to a sample of audio-taped calls between IRS employees and taxpayers and were able to hear parts of assistors’ conversations with other callers.

IRS guidelines require assistors to fully authenticate callers before assisting them.

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2 thoughts on “IRS Divulges Personal Taxpayer Information”

  1. Golde says:
    May 13, 2010 at 4:30 pm

    Frankly, thisis not news. Every year the government has a team assess the security of information of all federal agencies. Many fail or nearly fail according to standards set. I guess the idea of “lead by example” has been forgotten. How are we supposed to trust that our information is safe just because they say so? What surprises me- no big media group has picked this up yet.

    1. admin says:
      May 13, 2010 at 5:15 pm

      Yeah, this site is not exactly a “big media group.” 🙂

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