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Paul Caron blogs that The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration issued it’s semi-annual report:

January 2009 marked the ten-year anniversary of TIGTA’s stand-up as an independent organization. In July of 1998, Congress approved and the President signed into law the IRS Restructuring and Reform Act (RRA 98). In January 1999, TIGTA became operational as a newly formed Office of Inspector General with oversight authority of the IRS. Over the past decade, TIGTA has:

• Provided testimony to Congress on 36 occasions.
• Issued more than 1,600 final audit reports and made more than 4,000 recommendations to improve tax administration, 3,500 of which the IRS has taken action;
• Identified more than $25 billion in funds that could have been put to better use and $192 million in questioned costs;
• Processed more than 91,684 complaints;
• Opened 44,373 investigations and successfully closed more than 99 percent of those cases; and
• Provided testimony to Congress on 36 occasions.

If you’re a masochist or an extreme tax geek you can read the full report.

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