IRS Memo Sets Stage for Musk Adviser to Access Taxpayer Data

The IRS is poised to hand over unlimited access to taxpayer data to an adviser from Elon Musk’s government efficiency group, according to a draft agreement seen by Bloomberg Tax.

The IRS would give a temporary detail at the agency to provide software engineering expertise to Gavin Kliger, a special adviser to the director at the Office of Personnel Management, according to a draft memo between IRS and OPM that has not yet been finalized. The draft memo was circulating within the agency this weekend, two people familiar with the memo said.