The Statistics of Income Division has released Tax Stats Dispatch 2005-29 with three items:

• Estate Tax Returns Filed in 2004: A table containing data from Estate Tax Returns filed in Calendar Year 2004 is now available. The table shows the amount of gross estate, types of property, deductions, taxable estate, estate tax, and tax credits. The table shows these data by size of gross estate, for both taxable and nontaxable returns. (November 2005)
• Microdata Records for Nonprofit Charities: Microdata records of all Forms 990 and 990-EZ sampled for the annual SOI study of tax-exempt organizations. The samples include Internal Revenue Code section 501(c)(3) organizations and section 501(c)(4)-(9) organizations. Sampling rates ranged from 1 percent for small-asset classes to 100 percent for large-asset classes. Microdata records contain information on balance sheets and income statements, as well as weights (to estimate the population), for each organization.
• Microdata Records for Private Foundations and Trusts: Microdata records of all Forms 990-PF sampled for the annual SOI study covering private foundations and Internal Revenue Code section 4947 (a)(1) charitable trusts. The file contains both operating and nonoperating foundations and trusts. Sampling rates ranged from 0.2 percent for small asset classes to 100 percent for large-asset classes. Microdata records contain information on revenue, expenses, assets, and distributions, as well as weights, for each foundation or trust.