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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.
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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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I.R.S. spokesman
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News Article
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{
    "organization": "Internal Revenue Service",
    "reason_for_delay": "updating methodologies"
}
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Government 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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