Tax Tip 2020-38: Taxpayer Bill of Rights: The right to confidentiality
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Issue Number: Tax Tip 2020-38Taxpayer Bill of Rights: The right to confidentiality The IRS won’t share any information a taxpayer gives IRS with outside parties, unless allowed by the taxpayer or by law. This is the right to confidentiality - the eighth of ten rights taxpayers have under the Taxpayer Bill of Rights. The right to confidentiality means:
Confidential communications include conversations, messages, documents, and info that:
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