IRS Collection Activity Statistics
|
Activity |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
|
| Returns filed with additional tax due: |
|
|
|
|
|
| Total yield from unpaid assessments [1] |
43,318,830 |
46,446,261 |
40,520,516 |
44,173,492 |
|
| Credit transfers |
11,366,431 |
17,980,613 |
13,324,478 |
14,343,418 |
|
| Net total amount collected |
31,952,399 |
28,465,648 |
27,196,038 |
29,830,074 |
|
| Taxpayer delinquent accounts (thousands): | |||||
| Number in beginning inventory |
7,074 |
8,240 |
9,232 |
9,667 |
|
| Number of new accounts |
7,146 |
7,099 |
6,821 |
7,994 |
|
| Number of accounts closed |
5,980 |
6,107 |
6,385 |
7,269 |
|
| Ending inventory: | |||||
| Number |
8,240 |
9,232 |
9,667 |
10,391 |
|
| Balance of assessed tax, penalties, and interest [2] |
83,488,988 |
94,357,717 |
103,241,178 |
114,235,064 |
|
| Returns not filed timely: | |||||
| Delinquent return activity: | |||||
Net amount assessed [3] |
30,287,802 |
24,888,918 |
33,413,470 |
29,108,690 |
|
| Amount collected with delinquent returns |
3,968,163 |
3,773,528 |
3,204,391 |
2,353,832 |
|
| Taxpayer delinquency investigations (thousands) [4]: | |||||
| Number in beginning inventory |
3,874 |
3,732 |
3,433 |
3,530 |
|
| Number of new investigations |
2,587 |
1,972 |
2,211 |
2,273 |
|
| Number of investigations closed |
2,729 |
2,271 |
2,113 |
2,103 |
|
| Number in ending inventory |
3,732 |
3,433 |
3,530 |
3,700 |
|
| Offers in compromise (thousands) [5]: | |||||
| Number of offers received |
46 |
44 |
52 |
57 |
|
| Number of offers accepted |
12 |
11 |
11 |
14 |
|
| Amount of offers accepted |
228,975 |
200,103 |
157,261 |
129,668 |
|
| Enforcement activity: | |||||
| Number of notices of Federal tax liens filed |
683,659 |
768,168 |
965,618 |
1,096,376 |
|
| Number of notices of levy served on third parties |
3,757,190 |
2,631,038 |
3,478,181 |
3,606,818 |
|
| Number of seizures |
676 |
610 |
581 |
605 |
