Mortgage Applicants Beware: Audit Says IRS ‘Tax Transcript’ Program Lacks Adequate Security Protections
Washington Post, Apr. 4, 2018–Kenneth R. Harney
Federal auditors say the popular “tax transcript” program run by the Internal Revenue Service and used by millions of mortgage applicants a year lacks adequate security protections against disclosures of tax-return details to people who shouldn’t be allowed to obtain them.
