Sensitive Taxpayer Info at Risk During IRS Shipments, Watchdog Says

The IRS isn’t following its own guidelines when sending sensitive taxpayer information to its Tax Processing Centers, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration said in a new report.

The Form 3210 is a required tracking document that hasn’t been included or prepared correctly during most of the shipments of taxpayer information to and from processing centers, the report said.

TIGTA made five recommendations to make sure the form is included to protect taxpayers if a shipment is lost. The IRS agreed with four of the recommendations and partially agreed to one.

• The recommendations include: The agency will issue notices ...