ATTORNEY GENERAL BONTA SUPPORTS LAWSUIT CHALLENGING IRS SHARING OF TAXPAYER DATA WITH ICE

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Aug. 4 -- The California Attorney General issued the following press release:

OAKLAND- California Attorney General Rob Bonta, as part of a multistate coalition, filed an amicus briefyesterday opposing the sharing of personal sensitive taxpayer information by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Last year, the Community Economic Development Center of Southeastern Massachusetts and other organizations sued the Trump Administrationfor violating privacy protections to share taxpayers' personal addresses and taxpayer data between IRS and the Department of Homeland Security. In the amicus brief, Attorney General Bonta and the coalition argue that the misuse of taxpayer data violat...