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Report: Taxpayer data on Obamacare state exchanges at risk

By The Hill  
   October 24, 2014

Taxpayer information given to the state-based insurance exchanges created by ObamaCare could be at risk, according to a new federal audit. The Treasury Department's inspector general for tax administration said in a report released Thursday that the IRS needs to boost its efforts to ensure that taxpayer data are protected. Currently, the report said, the tax agency doesn't get enough assurances that tax information is safe before releasing it to the state exchanges. "The IRS must do more to ensure that federal tax information submitted to the ACA [Affordable Care Act] exchanges is protected and prevent its unauthorized disclosure," said Russell George, the inspector general for tax administration.

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