DOGE's access to critical IRS system containing taxpayer information is imminent

Harrison Fields, the White House principal deputy press secretary, told Fox News in a statement that access to this system is necessary to identify fraud and fix the system.

"Waste, fraud, and abuse have been deeply entrenched in our broken system for far too long," Fields said. "It takes direct access to the system to identify and fix it. 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 IRS website states that the system allows workers "to have instantaneous visual access to certain taxpayer accounts." Other functions of the system include "researching account information and requesting returns," entering transactions and collection information, and "automatically generating notices, collection documents and other outputs."

The group has faced criticism over its access to federal systems, including the Treasury Department's payment system, as well as moves to cancel federal contracts and make cuts at various agencies. Attorneys general from 14 states are suing to block DOGE from accessing federal data, arguing Musk and Trump's administration have engaged in illegal executive overreach.

Fox News Digital's Michael Dorgan and Eric Revell contributed to this report.