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They’re monitoring erosion patterns in real time at nearly 900 coastal sites using the technology, he said. 1.000

👤 Skylar Tibbits 📋 News Article 🏷️ Technology , AI , Environmental Monitoring

Simplified: Skylar Tibbits said Coastal Assembly is monitoring erosion patterns in real time at nearly 900 coastal sites.

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The United Nations warns that as many as 1.2 billion people could be displaced by 2050. 1.000

👤 The United Nations 📋 News Article 🏷️ Climate Change , Demographics , United Nations

Simplified: The United Nations warns up to 1.2 billion people could be displaced by 2050 due to rising seas.

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The company, Coastal Assembly, has regrown the sandy shore, extending the beach some 90 feet toward the ocean along a stretch about 300 feet long. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Environmental Engineering , Project Results , Maldives

Simplified: Coastal Assembly's project extended a beach by about 90 feet along a 300-foot stretch.

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The project, born in a lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology a decade ago, uses artificial intelligence, satellite and ocean current data to predict coastal erosion patterns and create subm... 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Technology , AI , Environmental Engineering , MIT

Simplified: A project originating from an MIT lab a decade ago uses AI and data to create submerged structures that rebuild beaches.

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Daniel Werfel, who was tapped by President Joseph R. Biden Jr. to lead the I.R.S. and stepped down in 2025. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , IRS

Simplified: Daniel Werfel was appointed by President Joseph R. Biden Jr. to lead the IRS and stepped down from the role in 2025.

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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

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Taxes , IRS

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

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“What I’ve seen is nobody’s ever worked on the tax gap,” Mr. Bisignano, who is also the commissioner of the Social Security Administration, said in April. 1.000

👤 Mr. Bisignano 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Taxes , IRS

Simplified: In April, Mr. Bisignano said, "What I’ve seen is nobody’s ever worked on the tax gap."

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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

👤 Mr. Bisignano 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Taxes , IRS

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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“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

👤 Daniel Werfel 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Taxes , IRS

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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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

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Taxes , IRS

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

👤 Alan Plumley 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Taxes , IRS

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

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , IRS , Social Security Administration

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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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. 1.000

👤 Alan Plumley 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Taxes , IRS

Simplified: 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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For example, the 2022 estimate of the tax gap is based on noncompliance rates observed in tax filings from 2014 through 2016. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Taxes , IRS

Simplified: The IRS's 2022 tax gap estimate is based on noncompliance rates from tax filings between 2014 and 2016.

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Previously, the agency released a new tax gap estimate every few years, but during the Biden administration it started providing an annual update, responding to requests from lawmakers of both parties... 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Taxes , IRS

Simplified: During the Biden administration, the IRS began providing annual tax gap updates, changing from its previous practice of releasing them every few years...

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Republicans renewed their attacks on the agency and eventually clawed back much of the extra money. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , US Politics , Budget

Simplified: Republicans later clawed back much of the additional $80 billion in IRS funding.

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That changed after Democrats approved an additional $80 billion for the I.R.S. in 2022. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Historical , Budget

Simplified: In 2022, Democrats approved an additional $80 billion in funding for the IRS.

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Overall, 85 percent of owed taxes were paid voluntarily and on time in 2022, the I.R.S. said. 1.000

👤 The I.R.S. 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Taxes , IRS

Simplified: The IRS stated that 85% of owed taxes were paid voluntarily and on time in 2022.

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The agency has consistently found that income independently reported to the I.R.S., like wages, is rarely underreported, while income without third-party verification, like business profits, often goe... 1.000

👤 The I.R.S. 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Taxes , IRS

Simplified: The IRS has found that income with third-party verification is rarely underreported, while income without it often goes unreported.

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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

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Taxes , IRS

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

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