The IRS closed nearly 1,700 cases in which agency employees may have improperly accessed taxpayer data between 2012 and 2021, according to a recent report. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) found 27.3% of the incidents were substantiated as misconduct. The IRS established that misconduct occurred in 462 cases involving unauthorized information access, from among 1,694 such cases it closed during the 10 years studied. Of the 462 “substantiated” cases, 204 included an unauthorized disclosure of data. In 27 cases, the IRS found that the offending employee had violated agency rules against unauthorized access and unauthorized disclosures. To read the report: http://bit.ly/3PNAXyq Call or visit our website for more information! www.mjscpa.com/
