Musk aims to reduce this deficit significantly with a push to cut $1 trillion in government spending.
A 25-year-old employee from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is set to access the IRS’s sensitive tax database, according to reports. Software engineer Gavin Kliger will gain credentials for the system that tracks tax returns and personal information as DOGE continues to cut spending across the federal government, the New York post reported.
„Waste, fraud, and abuse have been deeply entrenched in our broken system for far too long. It takes direct access to the system to identify and fix it“, White House spokesman Harrison Fields said in a statement first reported by CNN. Kaiger will be gaining access to several files related to Americans‘ personal tax documents.
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„DOGE will continue to shine a light on the fraud they uncover as the American people deserve to know what their government has been spending their hard earned tax dollars on“, the White House added.
The IRS estimates it collects about $540 billion less each year than what is owed, contributing to more than a quarter of the federal deficit.
