IRS Chief Refuses to Answer Questions About Unlawful Data Sharing with Immigration Enforcement

The head of the Internal Revenue Service declined to answer questions about unlawful disclosures of taxpayer information to immigration authorities during his first congressional hearing as the agency's leader on Wednesday. IRS CEO Frank Bisignano faced questioning from the House Ways and Means Committee about a federal judge's recent finding that the agency broke the law by sharing confidential taxpayer data with Immigration and Customs Enforcement approximately 42,695 times, according to court records.