Confidentiality of Tax Data: IRS' Implementation of the Taxpayer Browsing Protection Act
GGD-99-43
Published: Mar 31, 1999. Publicly Released: Apr 28, 1999.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) implementation of the Taxpayer Browsing Protection Act, focusing on: (1) actions IRS has taken to implement the law; and (2) the number of potential and proven incidents of unauthorized access by IRS employees that IRS has identified since enactment of the law, as well as penalties imposed in cases where unauthorized access was proven.
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