New Supreme Court Ruling Allows the IRS to Access Your Bank Records Secretly

“It is now completely legal for the IRS to secretly obtain the bank records of third-party individuals who are not under Federal investigation,” reported
@RomanBalmakov
.

“If the IRS is trying to collect back taxes from your friend, well, they can still pull your bank records as well.”

Here’s the direct text from the ruling:

“The Supreme Court has ruled unanimously ... that it’s lawful for the IRS to secretly obtain the bank records of third parties when collecting on taxes owed. In other words, the nation’s highest court recognized that the IRS isn’t required to notify third parties who aren’t under investigation when seeking a summons for banking records thought to be relevant to the tax delinquency of another person.”

It’s likely that you know someone under investigation by the IRS, meaning, in practice, that almost everyone reading this post could be subject to this type of government intrusion.