House lawmakers on Tuesday voted to increase penalties for the unlawful disclosure of a person’s tax information, an effort that gained traction after an IRS contractor admitted to leaking thousands of tax returns from rich Americans, including former President Donald Trump.
Legislation advanced by a voice vote after winning near-unanimous support in the House Ways and Means Committee. The fate of the bill in the Senate is unclear.
Former IRS contractor Charles Littlejohn was charged with one count of unauthorized disclosure and received the maximum sentence of five years in prison.
The legislation raises the maximum fine for each charge ...
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