IRS ‘mistakenly’ posts names, contact numbers and financial information from 120,000 taxpayers’ retirement accounts on its website thanks to human coding error
- A human coding error in the IRS’ system allowed confidential information from 120,000 taxpayers’ retirement accounts to be published online
- Among the information published were the names, contact information and finances of those who submitted 990-T forms regarding their IRAs
- The mistake occurred when the new online system accidentally published the private forms with those of charities that are meant to be public
- The US Treasury said an IRS employee discovered the error in recent weeks
- Those affected will be contacted in the coming weeks and the agency continues to investigate the error and its online systems
The Internal Revenue Service ‘mistakenly’ posted the names, contact data and financial information from about 120,000 taxpayers’ retirement accounts.
The US Treasury Department determined that a human coding error allowed the confidential information to be posted on the IRS’ website before it was taken down, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Among the information published were the names, contact information and finances of individuals who submitted 990-T forms regarding…
