The IRS got a request from US Customs and Border Protection for corporate tax return information last month, the tax agency told a federal court amid a lawsuit over data disclosure.
The IRS hasn’t acted on the Sept. 11 request, according to the Oct. 23 brief filed in the US District Court for the District of Columbia.
The filing, which didn’t identify the companies CBP sought information about, came after the IRS told that court it would reveal within 24 hours if it learned of an information request from the US Department of Homeland Security or Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ...