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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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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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Natasha Sarin, a Treasury official during the Biden administration who has written extensively about the tax gap. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Personnel , Taxation

Simplified: Natasha Sarin was a Treasury official during the Biden administration and has written extensively about the tax gap.

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3 weeks ago
Mr. Bisignano, in a statement, said revenue from tax enforcement was increasing this year and did not depend on the number of auditors. 1.000

👤 Frank Bisignano 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Statistics , Taxation

Simplified: IRS leader Frank Bisignano stated that tax enforcement revenue is increasing this year and does not depend on the number of auditors.

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last year the president fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which produces the monthly job numbers, baselessly calling the labor market data “rigged.” 1.000

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

Simplified: Last year, President Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics and called the labor market data 'rigged'.

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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

👤 I.R.S. spokesman 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Taxation

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 Pentagon declined to provide information to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office about the cost of the war in Iran, and last year the president fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statist... 1.000

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

Simplified: The Pentagon declined to provide the Congressional Budget Office with information on the cost of the war in Iran.

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In an email to I.R.S. staff on Tuesday, Mr. Bisignano said Vincent LaPadula, who joined the I.R.S. this summer from JPMorgan Chase & Company, would lead the agency’s work on the tax gap. 1.000

👤 Frank Bisignano 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Personnel , Taxation

Simplified: IRS leader Frank Bisignano announced in an email that Vincent LaPadula, who joined from JPMorgan Chase, will lead the agency's work on the tax gap.

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An inspector general report last month found that revenue collected from audits dropped by more than a third last fiscal year, a sign that the tax gap could be growing under Mr. Trump. 1.000

👤 Inspector General 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Statistics , Taxation

Simplified: An inspector general report found that revenue from IRS audits dropped by more than a third in the last fiscal year.

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The next estimate, for 2023, was scheduled for publication last fall, but has not been released. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Taxation

Simplified: The IRS tax gap estimate for 2023, which was scheduled for publication last fall, has not been released.

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The shift comes after the Trump administration pushed out roughly a quarter of the I.R.S. work force and cut the agency’s budget, weakening the government’s ability to conduct time-intensive audits. 0.900

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

Simplified: The Trump administration reduced the IRS workforce by roughly a quarter and cut its budget.

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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

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

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

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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 bill... 1.000

👤 Internal Revenue Service (IRS) 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Statistics , Taxation

Simplified: 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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The Trump administration has held up the publication of an annual Internal Revenue Service estimate of unpaid taxes, a delay that could mask the fiscal cost of the steep decline in the agency’s abilit... 1.000

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

Simplified: The Trump administration has held up publication of the IRS's annual estimate of unpaid taxes.

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For several months, he served as the acting chief judge for the immigration court system. 1.000

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

Simplified: Keith Hunsucker served as the acting chief judge for the immigration court system for several months.

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Within five hours of the appeals board ruling, court records show, Mr. Serrano was on a plane back to Ecuador, where his arrival was broadcast online. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Immigration , Ecuador

Simplified: Within five hours of an appeals board ruling, Carlos Serrano was on a plane to Ecuador, and his arrival was broadcast online.

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By this point, Ms. Noem had been dismissed as the head of the Homeland Security Department, having taken her new role at the State Department. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , US Politics

Simplified: By the time of her meeting with Daniel Noboa, Kristi Noem was no longer head of Homeland Security and had a new role at the State Department.

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An ICE official acknowledged the error in a message to his lawyers, writing that Mr. Serrano had been “pulled from the flight manifest last night once our office was made aware.” 1.000

👤 ICE official 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Immigration

Simplified: An ICE official told Carlos Serrano's lawyers that he was removed from a deportation flight manifest after the office was made aware of the error.

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