IRS Illegally Shared Tax Data With ICE, Judge Rules

A federal judge has found that the Internal Revenue Service broke the law by improperly sharing confidential taxpayer information with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly said the IRS violated strict privacy rules tens of thousands of times by disclosing last known addresses to ICE. The ruling stems from a data-sharing agreement between the Treasury Department and Homeland Security, which the government is now appealing.