An organization led by the previous National Taxpayer Advocate and other groups are seeking either a stay or preliminary injunction against an agreement between the IRS and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), telling a federal judge that the Trump administration cannot misuse protected taxpayer information for its “mass deportation” plans.
Data Sharing
The Center for Taxpayer Rights, headed by former National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson, and a group of labor unions filed a motion and supporting arguments in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia August 20 asking Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly to block the “Data Policy” enabling the IRS – and the Department of Government Efficiency – to supply tax records protected under IRC § 6103 to immigration enforcement officials.
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