Tens of thousands of wealthy Americans are not complying with recently revamped IRS efforts to get them to file tax returns.
"We continue to pursue these folks," an IRS official told CNBC."This is not work that we will let go."
These were cases in which the IRS had received third-party information — such as through Forms W-2 and 1099 — indicating that these people received income of more than $400,000 but failed to file a tax return. And in the three months since the September report, the IRS official told CNBC, the number of non-filers who have filed returns jumped from 21,000 to 26,000 and the total tax revenue collected from these filers had risen to $292 million.
And so far, at least, it does not appear that many of these very wealthy non-filers are facing legal consequences for their failure to meet their civic and legal obligations.
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