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Claim Text: The current leader of the I.R.S., Frank Bisignano, has cast doubt on the metric and indicated he wants to focus instead on what he called the “addressable tax gap.”
Simplified Text: IRS leader Frank Bisignano has cast doubt on the tax gap metric and indicated a desire to focus on the 'addressable tax gap'.
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Claim Maker: The author
Context Type: News Article
Context Details: { "person": "Frank Bisignano", "concept": "addressable tax gap", "organization": "Internal Revenue Service" }
Subject Tags: US Politics Personnel Taxation
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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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Mr. Bisignano has not yet defined what he considers “addressable,” a key point given that what is achievable for the I.R.S. depends on the budget and tax laws approved by Congress. 1.000

Simplified: IRS CEO Mr. Bisignano has not yet defined what he considers the 'addressable' tax gap.

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The agency began releasing an estimate of the tax gap annually during the Biden administration, but under President Trump, it has yet put out an update. 1.000

Simplified: The IRS began releasing its tax gap estimate annually during the Biden administration.

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In appearances before Congress in the spring, Mr. Bisignano, the first chief executive officer of the I.R.S., suggested that he was skeptical of the methodology behind the tax gap, saying that he want... 1.000

Simplified: In spring congressional appearances, IRS CEO Mr. Bisignano expressed skepticism about the tax gap methodology and stated a desire to focus on realisti...

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Mr. Bisignano, the first chief executive officer of the I.R.S., ... is also the commissioner of the Social Security Administration 1.000

Simplified: Mr. Bisignano is the first chief executive officer of the IRS and is also the commissioner of the Social Security Administration.

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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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