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IRS Can Improve Its Programs To Collect Taxes Withheld by Employers

GGD-78-14 Published: Feb 21, 1978. Publicly Released: Feb 21, 1978.
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In fiscal year (FY) 1976, employment trust fund taxes (income tax withheld and social security tax) accounted for $191 billion of federal gross receipts; these trust fund taxes accounted for 63 percent of federal gross receipts over the past 3 years. Collection of these tax funds is the foremost delinquency problem facing the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). During FY 1976, IRS initiated collection action against employers for nonpayment of $2.4 billion in trust fund taxes.

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Collection proceduresDelinquent taxesIncome taxesProgram evaluationSocial security taxesTax nonpaymentTax violationsTaxpayersTaxesTax returns