Some Tax-Exempt Organizations Have Substantial Delinquent Payroll Taxes

In this report released July 3, 2014, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) reviewed tax statements filed by non-profit organizations between 2006 and 2012. The goal was to determine if, and to what extent, tax-exempt organizations have federal tax debt and to identify actions the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Exempt Organizations function has taken to address known non-compliance. TIGTA reported that between 2006 and 2012, about 3.8% of the approximately 1.7 million tax-exempt non-profit organizations in the United States failed to remit payroll and other taxes to the federal government for . . .