To amend title 5, United States Code, to lower the standard for removing employees who disclose tax return information without authorization, and for other purposes.
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Latest Action · March 29, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Protect Taxpayers' Privacy Act
This bill increases to $250,000 the criminal penalty for unauthorized disclosures of taxpayer information by federal employees and tax return preparers. It also lowers the evidentiary requirements for removal of employees from federal service who disclose tax return information without authorization.
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