US district judge finds Internal Revenue Service disclosed 42,695 taxpayer addresses to Immigration and Customs Enforcement
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A US district judge found that the Internal Revenue Service violated Internal Revenue Code Section 6103 by disclosing last known taxpayer addresses to Immigration and Customs Enforcement approximately 42,695 times.
Why it matters
Federal agencies are barred from relying on IRS-derived taxpayer addresses for immigration enforcement while courts have entered preliminary injunctions limiting transfers and use of that data. Any future interagency requests for tax-return information must meet Section 6103’s statutory requirements or face additional court intervention.
Implications
- • Immigration and Customs Enforcement must cease operational use of taxpayer addresses received from the Internal Revenue Service while preliminary injunctions remain in effect — acting on them would violate court orders and expose the agency to sanctions.
- • Internal Revenue Service compliance and risk teams must verify that every request for tax-return information satisfies Internal Revenue Code Section 6103 before disclosing data — failure will subject the agency to further court findings of unlawful disclosure.
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