The Joint Committee on Taxation yesterday released Disclosure Report for Public Inspection Pursuant to Internal Revenue Code Section 6103(p)(3)(C) for Calendar Year 2005 (JCX-30-06). Here is the Introduction:
Section 6103(p)(3)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code provides that the Secretary of the Treasury shall, within 90 days after the close of each calendar year, furnish to the Joint Committee on Taxation for disclosure to the public a report which provides with respect to each Federal agency and certain other entities the number of: (1) requests for disclosure of returns and return information (as such terms are defined in section 6103(b)); (2) instances in which returns and return information were disclosed pursuant to such requests or otherwise; and (3) taxpayers whose returns, or return information with respect to whom, were disclosed pursuant to such requests. In addition, the report must describe the general purposes for which such requests were made.
Pursuant to section 6103(p)(3)(C), the Internal Revenue Service prepared a disclosure report for public inspection covering calendar year 2005. This document1 sets forth the report of the Internal Revenue Service.
The IRS made over 4.6 billion disclosures of taxpayer returns and return information during 2005 to Congress, federal agencies, and other entities. Here are the Top 5 recipients::
- States: 3,154,655,451
- Bureau of Census: 1,263,657,770
- Congressional Committees & GAO: 167,053,151
- Child Support Enforcement Agencies: 19,028,431
- Congressional Budget Office: 3,188,426
