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IRS, Musk and Access

Reuters on MSN · 32m

IRS blocks Musk aide from accessing taxpayer data

The U.S. Internal Revenue Service has blocked a key aide to tech billionaire Elon Musk from accessing individual taxpayer returns or other personal information as part of a deal signed between the tax-collecting agency and the Trump administration.

The Washington Post on MSN · 23h

Treasury agrees to block DOGE’s access to personal taxpayer data at IRS

The Trump White House and Treasury Department officials have reached an agreement to limit DOGE's access to IRS data, citing privacy concerns.

IRS Taxpayer Data Is Tightly Restricted By Law. Will This Stop Trump, Musk And DOGE From Gaining Access?

Nixon Administration abuses led to the passage of strict tax privacy laws. That’s one reason moves by DOGE to access sensitive data are so controversial.

IRS, Tax

Business Insider on MSN · 3h

How IRS firings are expected to screw up tax season

The IRS fired probationary workers this week, claiming they weren't critical to tax filing season.The agency had already been struggling in recent years to keep up with tax return processing.One expert said there's no way to cut a large number of workers without affecting filing season.

IRS PURGE: Trump Fires Thousands of Employees as Millions File Their Taxes

Bianca Facchinei chats with The Hill’s White House columnist Niall Stanage about the IRS firing 6,700 employees Thursday. They also touch on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth directing senior Pentagon officials and military leaders to forge plans that would result in an 8 percent cut to the defense budget for each year over the next five years.

The IRS can reduce your tax refund if you owe for certain debts

If you have jointly filed your tax return, you may be able to limit how much of the joint refund is reduced. The IRS says that if “you’re not responsible for debt that is subject to offset because it is owed by your spouse, you’re entitled to request your portion of the refund back from the IRS.”

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Will the IRS layoffs affect my tax return? Here's how to check your refund status

Tennesseans may see longer process times on their 2025 tax returns after thousands IRS employees face layoffs. Here's what to ...

CNET on MSN27m

Ghost Tax Preparers Can Steal Your Refund and Leave You in Hot Water With the IRS

A ghost tax preparer claims that they can get you a big tax refund but instead files a fraudulent return, takes your money ...

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Fired IRS employee decries irony of being hired to 'make the IRS 'more efficient'

As the IRS fired thousands of workers across the country on Thursday, many laid-off employees walked out of the headquarters ...

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Will IRS layoffs affect tax returns? Seth Moulton says submit your taxes “ASAP”

IRS layoffs are expected to bring disruptions to a busy tax season; experts and politicians say it is even more important to ...

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IRS layoffs could hurt revenue collection and foil efforts to go after rich tax dodgers, experts say

Experts say the layoffs of roughly 7,000 IRS probationary workers likely mean the end of the agency’s plans to go after ...

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Over 6,000 IRS employees expected to be terminated by end of week

The employees who will be affected — in a single division of the IRS — are expected to be notified Thursday that they've been ...

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IRS lays off 6,700 employees, torpedoing Democratic enforcement boost

The IRS fired 6,700 employees Thursday, a government official told NewsNation, the sister television network of The Hill. The ...

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Around 100 Kansas City IRS workers fired in nationwide mass termination, union leader says

The employees were terminated in a move that will cripple an agency that has been understaffed and underfunded for years, the ...

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