IRS reportedly preparing to give Musk’s Doge agency access to taxpayer data

<p>US tax agency has received request for access to classified system containing personal financial records of US taxpayers</p><p>The US federal tax collection agency is reportedly preparing to give a team member of Elon Musk’s “department of government efficiency” (Doge), which has already gutted several federal agencies and sparked multiple lawsuits, access to personal taxpayer data.</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/business/musk-irs-doge.html">The New York Times </a>and <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/02/16/doge-irs-access-taxpayer-data/">the Washington Post</a> both reported early on Monday that the Internal Revenue Service had received a request for access to a classified system that contains sensitive personal financial records.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/17/irs-musk-doge-taxpayer-data">Continue reading...</a>