Tax chief deputizes IG staff to permit use of returns

Under a unique arrangement, the entire staff of the state Inspector General's Office quietly gained a powerful crime-fighting tool last month -— the ability to look at tax returns of state employees and, potentially, any other filers whose confidential data is considered "relevant" to an investigation.

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