In the Black: December 2025
IRS scolded for helping ICE
It’s the holidays, and I know we could all use a little more non-terrible news, so…
Federal Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly scolded Acting IRS Commissioner Scott Bessent before Thanksgiving for releasing migrants' addresses to ICE. The judge paused future data sharing between the IRS and ICE.
You may remember that this Spring, several top IRS officials quit over this exact issue. In June, ICE asked for information on 1.3 million taxpayers, and in August, the IRS turned over addresses of 47,000 of them. ICE used this to locate and deport them. Let’s be clear, the only reason they could find them is that they were doing the right thing and reporting their income and paying taxes on it - even though they could not access the very benefits their taxes were paying for (Social Security, Medicare, Unemployment). Folks applying for citizenship are encouraged to file taxes by the IRS to aid their immigration cases.
In 2023, unauthorized immigrant workers paid about $66 BILLION in taxes, with about $43 BILLION of that going to Social Security and Medicare. Make it make sense.
Some Holiday Housekeeping:
If you haven’t yet responded to our Tax email- please do that now!
Our New Year’s card should drop the last week of December - I think you are really going to like this one!
Happy Holidays from all of us here at Liz Is All Biz! Even though the world can be dumb, you are a bright spot for us, and to have a career we enjoy makes everything better, so thank you!!!
I hope you have a restful and relaxing season.
Up to snow good,
Liz & The Team
Featured Staff
If you’ve been with us for a while, then you remember Aysha - she was the original office manager, billing department, and head accountant wrangler for many years here at Liz Is All Biz. Since she left, she’s gone on to study accounting. So when we needed to cover Justine’s maternity leave - (yup - tax baby 2024 is expected this summer) - we knew exactly who to call.
In the words of the immortal Tag Team: I'm takin' it back to the old school. You’ll see her in the Tax Desk email this year - keepin' it all running!
