Earlier this week in IRS Continues to Step Up Enforcement, 2007 Statistics Reveal we reported that the IRS’s 2007 audit and collection enforcement results showed a substantial increase from 2006.
Yesterday, the IRS released statistics for 2008 that showed a decline in enforcement activity.
Here’s the Wall Street Journal:
IRS Deputy Commissioner Linda Stiff said 2008 was “a very challenging year,” where the agency saw a decline in enforcement staffing levels of about 2%. In addition, some enforcement staff were re-directed to help field calls from taxpayers related to tax rebates that Congress ordered as part of economic stimulus legislation.
The “IRS is very proud of what we were able to accomplish. It’s been a solid year in the enforcement arena, and we continued to build on the success of earlier years,” Ms. Stiff said in an interview.
Overall, the IRS collected $56.4 billion from enforcement efforts in 2008, which would be a record but for 2007’s high-water mark $59.2 billion in collections.
Here are the IRS’s 2008 Enforcement Statistics (PDF).
I still believe that in 2009 we will see a sharp increase in IRS enforcement activities.
Thanks to Paul Caron of TaxProf Blog for alerting me to the 2008 Stats.
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