DOGE Hits a Wall With New IRS Agreement

So DOGE shows up to the IRS with big plans to shake things up, only to hit a bit of a wall.

Apparently, the White House wanted a DOGE staffer to peek into the IRS’s tax data system, where there’s probably a mountain of fraud.

The IRS folks weren’t exactly thrilled.

Liberal critics screamed about privacy risks and lawsuits flew.

And just today, a new agreement put the brakes on.

This allows DOGE to get some data but nothing too juicy.

Is this censored data?

Breaking: Political Appointees and Non-Government employees denied access means DOGE won't get broad access to IRS personal taxpayer info, New agreement states

Source: ABC Newshttps://t.co/uCuQOiHOK3

— REX Bill Morill 💫 🇮🇹 🇫🇷 🇳🇬 (@billmorill) February 22, 2025

Vox reports:

IRS officials were alarmed by a plan that would hand an outsider access to tax data at the individual level. Critics sued to block the plan, arguing it posed massive privacy risks and opened the door to abuses of power. (We covered this on Tuesday, if you want to do a little backreading.)

So is that plan going forward? No, or, at least, not in its most extreme form. Under an agreement between the IRS and the White House, the DOGE staffer will get access to some tax data — but the most highly sensitive information will remain off limits, according to the Washington Post.

Specifically, if the staffer wants access to tax returns, he’ll only be able to get information that doesn’t allow him to identify any individual taxpayers, according to a copy of the agreement viewed by the New York Times.

ABC News adds:

The terms of the DOGE employee’s temporary assignment at the IRS was laid out in a five-page memorandum of agreement between the Office of Personnel Management and the Internal Revenue Service. The memo states that the DOGE employee, Gavin Kliger, will be assigned to the IRS for a term of 120 days with the possibility of an additional 120-day extension.

In bold letters, the agreement states that “it is not the intention of this assignment for the Detailee to be provided or gain access to returns or return information … including any personally identifiable information associated with such taxpayer records.”

Instead, any information viewed will remain anonymous, said the agreement, which was first obtained by The New York Times.

Well, don’t get too comfy, IRS.

We all know you won’t be around for much longer. So that agreement will soon be worthless. Just like the fiat dollars.

DOGE entered the IRS yesterday and apparently some people are not happy!
Here’s why.

Frankly I ALWAYS have to pay them more not ever do I get a refund. pic.twitter.com/8S7iY02eXi

— Kathleen Winchell ❤️🤍💙🇺🇸🇺🇸 (@KathleenWinche3) February 19, 2025

Let DOGE audit the IRS!

Alongside @DOGE, we have been working to identify waste, fraud & abuse. In connection to the effort, the IRS rescinded a previously planned $1.9 Billion contract & has committed itself to be focused & intentional with taxpayer dollars.

— Treasury Department (@USTreasury) February 19, 2025