{"id":57487,"date":"2024-10-22T23:32:32","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T23:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/us-lawmakers-push-doj-to-prosecute-tax-prep-firms-for-leaking-taxpayer-data-to-big-tech\/"},"modified":"2024-10-22T23:32:32","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T23:32:32","slug":"us-lawmakers-push-doj-to-prosecute-tax-prep-firms-for-leaking-taxpayer-data-to-big-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/us-lawmakers-push-doj-to-prosecute-tax-prep-firms-for-leaking-taxpayer-data-to-big-tech\/","title":{"rendered":"US lawmakers push DoJ to prosecute tax prep firms for leaking taxpayer data to big tech"},"content":{"rendered":"

A quartet of lawmakers have penned a letter to the Department of Justice asking it to prosecute tax preparation companies for sharing customer data, including tax return information, with Meta and Google.<\/p>\n

In a letter made public<\/a> on Tuesday, senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), along with representative Katie Porter (D-CA), urged US deputy attorney-general Lisa Monaco to hold tax service providers accountable for criminal activity they identified last year<\/a>, and which has since been confirmed<\/a> by the Treasury Department’s own investigation.<\/p>\n

“Now that TIGTA [the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration] and the IRS have confirmed that these disclosures violated taxpayer privacy law, we reiterate our calls for the DoJ to investigate those responsible for this shocking breach of taxpayer privacy and take appropriate action without further delay,” the lawmakers wrote.<\/p>\n