The IRS mistakenly posted confidential information on 120,000 individuals before...
The data is from Form 990-T, which is often required for people with IRAs who receive certain types of business income from these pension plans.
The disclosure included names, contactinformation and some income information. They did not include social security numbers, complete information about an individual's income, or other data that could affect a taxpayer's creditworthiness, the US Treasury Department determined, according to a letter the administration will send to key members of Congress on Friday.
Of course, like most individual tax returns filed with the IRS, these forms must be kept confidential.
Tax Administration and Ministry of FinanceBlame it on a coding error. The error occurred last year when Form 990-T began to be filed electronically. Non-public data was erroneously included in the public data, and all of it was searchable and downloadable on the agency's website.