DOGE: $4.7 trillion in Treasury payments 'almost impossible' to trace

The absence of an identification code resulted in $4.7 trillion in Treasury Department payments being "almost impossible" to trace, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) announced on Monday.

The Elon Musk-led DOGE discovered the absence of the identification payment code, called TAS for Treasury Access Symbol, during an audit of the Treasury Department to find and cut waste, fraud, and abuse.

Democrats opposed the Treasury audit.

DOGE said the Trump administration is now requiring the TAS code.

DOGE wrote in a post to X: "The Treasury Access S…