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 1997-11-06 monographic deposited born digital 33 p. GA 1.13:GGD-98-16 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GGD-98-16 P0b002ee18039a237 f:gg98016 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GGD-98-16 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GGD-98-16 GGD-98-16 Tax administration Agency missions Tax evasion Investigations by federal agencies Tax nonpayment Tax violations IRS Criminal Investigation Management Information System DOJ Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force Program Letter Report GGD The Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) Criminal Investigation Division investigates tax fraud and helps other law enforcement agencies to investigate financial crimes, such as money laundering, linked to narcotics trafficking. In the early 1990s, IRS raised questions about the Division's investigative priorities because they increasingly involved nontax investigations that supported national drug and crime policies--even as the tax gap grew to $128 billion for 1992. This concern prompted the Division to devote more resources to tax investigations. This report discusses the steps that the Division has taken since the early 1990s to increase the time spent on tax investigations versus nontax investigations. It also highlights the investigations initiated by the Division, as well as referrals to U.S. Attorneys for prosecution and court sentences on the basis of these investigations, for fiscal years 1990 through 1996. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GGD-98-16/html/GAOREPORTS-GGD-98-16.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GGD-98-16/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GGD-98-16.pdf GAO/GGD-98-16 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GGD-98-16 Letter Report GAO/GGD-98-16; Tax Administration: IRS' Efforts to Place More Emphasis on Criminal Tax Investigations; Tax administration Agency missions Tax evasion Investigations by federal agencies Tax nonpayment Tax violations IRS Criminal Investigation Management Information System DOJ Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force Program