“The Joint Committee on Taxation today released Disclosure Report for Public Inspection Pursuant to Internal Revenue Code Section 6103(p)(3)(C) for Calendar Year 2008 (JCX-24-09). . . .
The report reveals that the IRS made 5.3 billion disclosures of tax return information to federal and state agencies (up from 4.5 billion in 2007). Here are the Top 5 recipients of taxpayer information:
1. States: 3,182,927,345 disclosures
2. Bureau of Census: 1,842,087,625 disclosures
3. Congressional Committees: 260,592,773 disclosures
4. Medicare Premium Subsidy Adjustment: 40,431,964 disclosures
5. Child Support Enforcement Agencies: 14,856,897 disclosures
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