Three tax prep firms shared ‘extraordinarily sensitive’ data about taxpayers with Meta, lawmakers say

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2 thoughts on “Three tax prep firms shared ‘extraordinarily sensitive’ data about taxpayers with Meta, lawmakers say

    1. Maybe they should stop taking campaign contributions from the tax prep firms, which are one of the primary reasons we have such a complicated system to begin with.

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