Reports also suggest that Ernst and Young and other large tax preparation firms are sending tax returns overseas for processing. But the IRS has no control over tax information once it's been sent to India or another country.

The IRS is currently considering a rule that would make it easier for tax preparers to disclose the private information contained in tax returns - including name, address, Social Security number, employer, income, and charitable donations.

All of my preparation has been about running in control and doing a negative split.

Once you opt in, you don't have a lot of control over where your information goes.

Unfortunately, that's above and beyond our control. Every attempt is made, but until we can verify information, we can't clear it.

The information could be misplaced and retrieving it would require sophisticated hardware. But any information out of our control concerns us.