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Claim Text: Alan Plumley, a retired I.R.S. analyst who worked on the tax gap, said that methodology meant that an annual headline figure was not particularly meaningful.
Simplified Text: Retired IRS analyst Alan Plumley said the agency's methodology means the annual headline tax gap figure is not particularly meaningful.
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Claim Maker: Alan Plumley
Context Type: News Article
Context Details: { "person": "Alan Plumley", "organization": "I.R.S." }
Subject Tags: Government Taxes IRS
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Created: September 18, 2026 at 1:17 AM (3 weeks ago)
Last Updated: September 18, 2026 at 1:17 AM (3 weeks ago)

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Billions in Taxes Go Unpaid. Under Trump, the I.R.S. Won’t Say How Much.

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https://nytimes.com/2026/09/16/business/trump-irs-tax-gap.html

The Trump administration has delayed the publication of the annual IRS estimate of unpaid taxes, making it difficult to assess the fiscal cost of the decline in the agency's ability to audit the rich. This delay is part of a broader pattern of the administration stopping or changing federal data measurements.

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“Doing random audits has become a luxury where in the past they had been viewed as a necessity,” he said. 1.000

Simplified: Retired IRS analyst Alan Plumley stated that random audits are now considered a luxury, whereas they were previously viewed as a necessity.

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To do so, the I.R.S. conducts a statistical sample of intensive audits, and then extrapolates the rates of noncompliance it finds to the taxpayer population more broadly. 1.000

Simplified: The IRS estimates the tax gap by extrapolating noncompliance rates from a statistical sample of intensive audits to the general taxpayer population.

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An I.R.S. spokesman said the agency was updating the methodologies used to calculate the tax gap and would release the figure when it was ready. 1.000

Simplified: An IRS spokesman stated the agency is updating its tax gap calculation methodologies and will release the figure when it is ready.

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“The devil is in the details of what you’re describing as ‘addressable’ versus not,” said Daniel Werfel, who was tapped by President Joseph R. Biden Jr. to lead the I.R.S. and stepped down in 2025. 1.000

Simplified: Former IRS leader Daniel Werfel stated that the 'devil is in the details' regarding the definition of an 'addressable' tax gap.

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But most of the gap comes from people who file a tax return but do not report all of their income to the I.R.S., intentionally or not. 1.000

Simplified: The majority of the IRS tax gap results from individuals underreporting their income on filed tax returns.

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