The Trump administration and the Treasury Department agreed to stop the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, from accessing taxpayer data within IRS systems, according to The Washington Post, the latest development around DOGE’s attempts to access federal data as part of an effort to reduce government spending.

The Trump White House and Treasury Department officials have reached an agreement to limit DOGE's access to IRS data, citing privacy concerns.

Gavin Kliger, a software engineer affiliated with Elon Musk’s DOGE initiative and assigned to the IRS, will now have only read-only access to anonymized tax data.

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is seeking access to the Internal Revenue Service’s highly sensitive taxpayer data system, a source familiar with the move tells CNN.

The unusual request could put sensitive data about millions of American taxpayers in the hands of Trump political appointees.

An IRS draft memo may grant a DOGE adviser broad access to taxpayer data, raising privacy concerns and sparking legal challenges.