Key Court Victory Closer for IRS Open-Records Activist

The open-records activist Carl Malamud has moved a step closer to winning his legal battle to give the public greater access to the wealth of information on Form 990 tax returns that nonprofits file. During a hearing in San Francisco on Wednesday, U.S. District Judge William Orrick said he tentatively planned to rule in favor of Malamud's group, Public.Resource.Org, which filed a lawsuit to force the Internal Revenue Service to release nonprofit tax forms in a format that computers can read.