Mar 20, 2024
New data shows IRS’s 10-year struggle to investigate tax crimes
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service’s sprawling civil divisions referred just 157 tax cases for criminal investigation last fiscal year — out of more than 200 million tax forms filed with the agency annually, according to federal data obtained by ICIJ. Plus, a new report reveals links between Indonesian billionaire Sukanto Tanoto and a pulpwood company accused of clearing a forested area in Borneo roughly half the size of Singapore.