- Department of Justice
- cities
- states
- DC
- U.S. commonwealths or possessions
- certain foreign governments
- so they can carry out their tax laws.
- Department of Treasury
- its contractors
- other persons as necessary
- The Comptroller General of the United States
- the Committees of Congress
- federal, state, and local child support agencies
- other federal agencies concerning entitlement for benefits or repayment of loans
- other countries under a tax treaty
- federal and state agencies to enforce federal nontax criminal laws
- federal law enforcement
- federal intelligence agencies to combat terrorism.
Confidential except for. . .
The IRS Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998, the Privacy Act of 1974, and the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 requires that the IRS ask for information. But first they want me to know why, and who else might see it, and what would happen to me if they didn't receive it.The IRS has a right to ask and it is mandatory for me to answer this because of the Internal Revenue Code sections 6001, 6011, and 6012(a). But here's my favorite part:
My tax returns are confidential BUT Code section 6103 allows or requires the IRS to give it to a whole bunch of others such as
The pie chart on p. 33 says that 37% of the federal income goes for Social Security, Medicare, and support for the disabled and elderly; 20% goes for social programs like Medicaid, food stamps, assistance for the needy, Supplemental security income and related programs like health research and unemployment compensation; 10% goes for physical, human and community development such as agriculture, natural resources, environment, space, energy, science, etc.; and ta-dah, 24% for national defense, veterans and foreign affairs, of which 20% is funding the global war on terror.Source URL: https://maryelizabeth-winstead.blogspot.com/2007/02/confidential-except-for.html
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