Ken SchwenckeDec 22, 2022

One of the things my team @ProPublica does is run our Nonprofit Explorer database. It’s super popular and useful, but it relies on IRS data to run.

So we’re in a unique position to both see that the IRS is failing at its duty to make this data available and also to be able to report on it as news: https://www.propublica.org/article/irs-hasnt-released-nearly-half-million-nonprofit-tax-records

The IRS Hasn’t Released Nearly Half a Million Nonprofit Tax Records

If you’re trying to evaluate a charity this year, you might have a hard time. The IRS is behind on releasing Form 990s, limiting access to key financial information the public uses to evaluate the nation’s tax-exempt companies.

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Show threadLarry Sadler
@ken @ProPublica I was just reading article from AP news about the failings of the IRS to do the mandatory audit of presidents and how the underfunding made it more complicated for the agency to audit complex tax returns
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Show threadKen SchwenckeDec 22, 2022
@grey_ghost @ProPublica yes, the IRS has been systematically cut by Republican members of congress over the last decade or so, and if you ask folks at the agency they’ll say that is the source of most of their problems.
Show threadKen SchwenckeDec 22, 2022
@grey_ghost @ProPublica oh I almost forgot, we wrote a whole series on that: https://www.propublica.org/series/gutting-the-irs
Gutting the IRS

A multiyear campaign to slash the IRS budget has left it understaffed and on the defensive. That’s been good news for tax cheats, the rich, and big corporations — but not for the poor.

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