United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office General Government Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1995-02-28 monographic deposited born digital 76 p. GA 1.13:GGD-95-84BR https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GGD-95-84BR P0b002ee180396bd7 f:gg95084b DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GGD-95-84BR machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GGD-95-84BR GGD-95-84BR Tax exempt organizations Tax administration Non-profit organizations Lobbying activities Executive compensation Labor unions Income statistics Statistical data Tax exempt status Tax return audits IRS Exempt Organizations/Business Master File Briefing Report GGD Since the mid-1970s, the number and the size of organizations that are tax exempt have increased substantially; more than one million of these organizations existed as of 1992. Press reports and congressional hearings have recently focused on the activities of charitable groups, but other kinds of tax-exempt organizations have not received this level of scrutiny. This briefing report (1) discusses the growth in the number, the assets, the revenues, and the expenses of social welfare organizations, labor and agricultural groups, and business leagues; (2) documents the compensation that some of the largest of these tax-exempt organizations paid their executives in 1992; (3) identifies the extent to which these organizations are involved in lobbying and political activities; and (4) identifies Internal Revenue Service efforts to monitor their activities. Information on charitable organizations is presented for comparison purposes. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GGD-95-84BR/html/GAOREPORTS-GGD-95-84BR.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GGD-95-84BR/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GGD-95-84BR.pdf GAO/GGD-95-84BR https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GGD-95-84BR Briefing Report GAO/GGD-95-84BR; Tax-Exempt Organizations: Information on Selected Types of Organizations; Tax exempt organizations Tax administration Non-profit organizations Lobbying activities Executive compensation Labor unions Income statistics Statistical data Tax exempt status Tax return audits IRS Exempt Organizations/Business Master File