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House OKs Steeper Penalties for Leaking Tax Data
News September 17, 2024 at 08:40 PM
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- The bill comes after the leak of thousands of Americans' tax information by an IRS contractor, Charles Littlejohn.
- The maximum penalty for disclosing tax information would increase to $250,000 and 10 years in prison.
- Littlejohn was sentenced in January to the current maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $5,000 fine.
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