Google and Meta got customer data from tax prep firms, and lawmakers want a probe

A group of lawmakers led by Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren are calling on the Biden administration to investigate how tax prep software companies may have illegally shared customer data with tech platforms Google and Meta.

In a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland, Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan, IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel and Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration J. Russell George, the lawmakers…