The IRS Can Secretly Look at Bank Accounts
The US Supreme Court recently ruled in a case called Polselli v. IRS, that the IRS can sometimes secretly probe bank records without notice to taxpayers. Under an existing statute, the IRS can also without notice request and examine bank records of people who don't even owe it money - like friends, family, and associates of a taxpayer who does owe the IRS.
This dispute began when a taxpayer (Remo Polselli) owed more than $2 million in taxes to the IRS.