IRS Considers Weakening Your Privacy
PENN PIRG (THE PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP) writes
The IRS is considering weakening consumer privacy rules by allowing tax preparers like H&R Block or your accountant to share the entire contents of your tax filings with corporations that want to market products or services to you. PennPIRG is urging the IRS to reject these rules, and will testify before the IRS on April 4th to advocate for better privacy protections.
I tried thinking of a reason why the IRS would even consider allowing this. I couldn’t think of one. It’s just a rotten idea. Your tax return may be the worst thing to have in the hands of a criminal. It has your social security number, name, telephone, address, employer, employer’s tax ID & address, financial account information, and more. Opening a conduit for this information to be pushed out to countless data brokers and service providers is hugely dangerous to everyone.
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