The IRS should improve its processes to better tackle Freedom of Information Act requests and when it should redact or release information, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration said in a report released Thursday.
TIGTA found IRS staff improperly redacted or released information subject to a FOIA request in 22% of cases out of a statistical sample of responses—a 6% increase in the error rate from last year’s analysis.
The watchdog recommended the IRS update the Internal Revenue Manual “to clarify when third-party information should be redacted or released.”
- The IRS agreed with the recommendation and ...
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