DOGE-affiliated employee expected to seek access to IRS system with sensitive taxpayer information
An IRS employee who is affiliated with the Department of Government Efficiency is expected to seek access to an IRS system that houses sensitive taxpayer information, according to an administration official.
WASHINGTON — An IRS employee who is affiliated with the Department of Government Efficiency is expected to seek access to an IRS system that houses sensitive taxpayer information, according to an administration official.
The access would be to the Integrated Data Retrieval System, which allows IRS employees to access taxpayer accounts. An administration official originally said that the employee had been granted access but later clarified that the employee was expected to seek access and was not already in the system.
The Internal Revenue Service Building in Washington.Graeme Sloan / Sipa USA via AP fileThe IDRS allows employees to have “instantaneous visual access to certain taxpayer accounts,” according to the IRS website. The system can be used for “researching account information and requesting returns” and “automatically generating notices, collection documents and other outputs.”
It contains information such as taxpayers’ individual master files, taxpayer identification numbers, retirement account information and details on pending adoptions.
IDRS users “are authorized to access only those accounts required to accomplish their official duties,” according to the IRS website. They are not allowed to access the accounts of people with whom they have personal or financial interests, such as friends and relatives, according to an IRS document.
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