Appeals court finds IRS illegally shared confidential taxpayer data with ICE

Appeals court finds IRS illegally shared confidential taxpayer data with ICE

STL.News Press Release Distribution Services NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld an injunction blocking the Internal Revenue Service from sharing personal information such as the addresses of taxpayers with immigration authorities, ruling the Trump administration's policy was unlawful.The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit found that the IRS unlawfully disclosed taxpayer information in response to Immigration and Customs Enforcement's request for the last known addresses of 1.28 million suspected illegal migrants. The court said the IRS failed to ensure that ICE's requests met the "stringent conditions" required under a federal tax-confidentiality

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