IR-2025-63, IRS Releases Fiscal Year 2024 Data Book Describing Agency’s Activities:
The Internal Revenue Service today issued its annual Data Book detailing the agency's activities during fiscal year 2024 (Oct. 1, 2023 – Sept. 30, 2024). This year’s edition marks the publication’s 30-year anniversary; the first Data Book covered fiscal years 1993 and 1994 and was available in 1995. Prior to 1993, the IRS published annual reports, which date back to 1863. The Data Book provides a fiscal year statistical overview of the agency’s operations including returns received, revenue collected, taxpayer services provided, tax returns examined (audits), efforts to collect unpaid taxes and other details about the work of the IRS.
SOI Tax Stats — IRS Data Book:
Highlights of this year's Data Book
- During Fiscal Year (FY) 2024, the IRS collected more than $5.1 trillion in gross taxes, processed more than 266.6 million tax returns and other forms, and issued nearly $490.6 billion in tax refunds.
- In FY 2024, nearly 62.2 million taxpayers were assisted by calling or visiting an IRS office.
- IRS.gov received approximately 690.0 million visits and taxpayers downloaded about 454.0 million files.
- In FY 2024, the IRS closed 505,514 tax return audits, resulting in over $29.0 billion in recommended additional tax.
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