(NewsNation) — An IRS employee affiliated with the Department of Government Efficiency is expected to seek access to a system that holds sensitive taxpayer information, according to NBC News.
DOGE is specifically looking to get into the Integrated Data Retrieval System, which allows IRS employees to see taxpayer accounts. A DOGE staffer visited the agency Thursday to meet with executives, according to Reuters.
According to the IRS website, the IDRS is used to “research account information and request returns” and to “automatically generate notices, collection documents and other outputs.” It contains information such as taxpayer identification numbers and retirement account information.
The move comes as DOGE is expanding its efforts to access sensitive information that the federal government holds.
An X account with the name DOGE IRS made a post Monday, reading, “DOGE is seeking help from the public! Please DM this account with insights on finding and fixing waste, fraud and abuse relating to the Internal Revenue Service.”