{"id":219827,"date":"2026-03-04T12:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T17:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/04\/irs-ceo-democratic-lawmakers-spar-over-privacy-union-contract\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T12:10:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T17:10:09","slug":"irs-ceo-democratic-lawmakers-spar-over-privacy-union-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/04\/irs-ceo-democratic-lawmakers-spar-over-privacy-union-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"IRS CEO, Democratic Lawmakers Spar Over Privacy, Union Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"

IRS CEO, Democratic Lawmakers Spar Over Privacy, Union Contract<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/news.bloombergtax.com\/daily-tax-report-international\/irs-ceo-democratic-lawmakers-spar-over-privacy-union-contract<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-03-04 12:02:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: news.bloombergtax.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Democratic lawmakers pressed IRS CEO Frank Bisignano on the agency\u2019s controversial data-sharing agreement and its termination of its union contract during the agency\u2019s first public update amid the 2026 filing season.<\/p>\n

The former fintech executive said during a Wednesday House Ways and Means Committee hearing that no IRS employee was fired or disciplined after the agency mistakenly shared too much tax data with the Department of Homeland Security.<\/p>\n

Bisignano, who\u2019s managing the IRS in a newly created position, largely declined to comment on the April 2025 agreement, which aimed to use IRS data\u2014subject to privacy laws\u2014to help Immigration and Customs Enforcement with criminal probes into immigrants. That pact resulted in the IRS violating privacy laws 42,695 times, a district judge confirmed after the IRS told the court of the mistake.<\/p>\n

\u201cA voluntary tax system depends on trust. And right now, I\u2019m concerned that that trust is collapsing with many Americans,\u201d said Rep. Mike Thompson (D-Calif.).<\/p>\n

The IRS has a weekly risk management meeting, and the chief risk and control officer now directly reports to the CEO, Bisignano said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe aren\u2019t going to comment on current litigation,\u201d Bisignano said.<\/p>\n

Bisignano, also the confirmed commissioner for the Social Security Administration, took over managing the tax agency last fall after the Trump administration\u2019s crusade to downsize the federal government resulted in the IRS losing about a quarter of its workforce.<\/p>\n

Union Contract, GOP Law<\/h2>\n

The IRS also told employees Feb. 27 that it was canceling its collective bargaining agreement with the National Treasury Employees Union, which represents roughly two-thirds of the agency. NTEU said it expects the IRS to continue to uphold its contract.<\/p>\n

Ranking member Richard Neal (D-Mass.) questioned Bisignano on the decision to void the contract.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are losing nothing,\u201d Bisignano said, adding that federal government workers have many benefits that the private sector…<\/p>\n

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