Dozens Of IRS Employees Snooped Through Celebrities, Other High-Profile Taxpayers’ Private Records, IG Report Finds

A recent internal investigation concluded that some Internal Revenue Service employees improperly used their official access to snoop through the tax records of public figures. The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration’s (TIGTA) office identified 86 “suspicious accesses” into the records of 30 different taxpayers by 52 individuals employed by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from calendar years 2022 to 2025 as of November 2025, according to a TIGTA report released Tuesday. The report noted the improperly accessed taxpayer records included those belonging to “United States government officials, business leaders, and entertainers.” The IRS did not immediately respond to the...