Confidentiality breach by tax or portal personnel: criminal penalties for willful disclosure of returns and tax information. Willful disclosure of information or return contents by persons engaged in statistics collection, officers with access to specified tax information, common portal service providers, or portal agents is criminally punishable with imprisonment, fine, or both. Prosecution requires prior sanction: Government servants need prior Government sanction, while other persons need prior sanction of the Commissioner.
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Confidentiality breach by tax or portal personnel: criminal penalties for willful disclosure of returns and tax information.
Willful disclosure of information or return contents by persons engaged in statistics collection, officers with access to specified tax information, common portal service providers, or portal agents is criminally punishable with imprisonment, fine, or both. Prosecution requires prior sanction: Government servants need prior Government sanction, while other persons need prior sanction of the Commissioner.
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