Collections, Activities, Penalties, and Appeals

This section of the IRS Data Book presents information on collections and penalties resulting from individuals’ or entities’ failure to comply with the tax code. Failure to comply with filing, reporting and payment requirements may result in civil penalties or, in some cases, criminal investigation. IRS’s Collection function collects Federal taxes that have been reported or assessed but not paid and secures tax returns that have not been filed. Additionally, this section presents data on the IRS Independent Office of Appeals workload. The mission of Appeals is to resolve tax controversies without litigation, on a basis that is fair and impartial to both the taxpayer and the Federal Government.

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Highlights of the Data

• In Fiscal Year (FY) 2022, the IRS collected more than $98.4 billion in unpaid assessments on returns filed with additional tax due, net­ting about $58.8 billion after credit transfers (Table 25XLSX).
• The IRS assessed nearly $23.8 bil­lion in additional taxes for returns not filed timely and collected almost $2.3 billion with delinquent returns (Table 25XLSX).
• In FY 2022, taxpayers proposed 36,022 offers in compromise to settle existing tax liabilities for less than the full amount owed. IRS ac­cepted 13,165 offers, amounting to more than $234.3 million, during the year (Table 25XLSX).

Index of Data Book Tables

Collection Activities, Penalties, and Appeals: Tables 25–27

Table 25: Delinquent Collection Activities, Fiscal Years 2021 and 2022XLSX
Table 26: Civil Penalties Assessed and Abated, by Type of Tax and Type of Penalty, Fiscal Year 2022XLSX
Table 27: Appeals Workload, by Type of Case, Fiscal Year 2022XLSX

Data for all years

• Table 25
• Table 26
• Table 27