Palantir's IRS API Will Make Taxpayer Data Available to Agency-Approved Apps, Documents Reveal
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Summary
The IRS has developed a new API powered by Palantir that will make IRS data available to any app the agency chooses. Documents obtained by 404 Media reveal that Palantir is also working with the IRS's Criminal Investigation (CI) division on a system to consolidate disparate systems into a single platform for investigating financial crimes. While the API's existence was previously known, these documents provide more specific insight into the IRS's modernization efforts.
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Palantir is working for the Criminal Investigation (CI) part of the IRS on a new system to bring together traditionally disparate systems into a single overarching one to investigate all sorts of financial crime
The documents provide much more specific insight into what the IRS is hoping to
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