The Latest Breaking News from the Internal Revenue Service

The Internal Revenue Service has agreed to share immigrants’ tax data with Immigration and Customs Enforcement for the purpose of identifying and deporting people illegally in the U.S. That's according to a document signed by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem

Layoffs of federal employees and cutbacks to federal agencies have direct consequences for the Philadelphia area.

The Internal Revenue Service and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are working on an agreement under which the IRS would use the tax data of people suspected of being in the country illegally in order to authenticate names and addresses.

The Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, has secured unprecedented access to at least seven sensitive federal databases, including those of the Internal Revenue Service and Social Security Administration. This access has sparked fears about cybersecurity vulnerabilities and privacy violations. Another concern has received far less attention: the potential use…