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In its most recent projection, released in October 2024, the I.R.S. estimated that roughly $700 billion in owed taxes went uncollected in 2022, though the agency said it expected that roughly $90 billion of that would eventually be paid.
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The IRS's October 2024 projection estimated a $700 billion tax gap for 2022, with $90 billion expected to be eventually paid.
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Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
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News Article
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{
    "data_year": "2022",
    "statistic": "$700 billion tax gap",
    "organization": "Internal Revenue Service",
    "report_release_date": "October 2024"
}
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Government Statistics 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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