2015 IRS Data Book Available

The 2015 IRS Data Book is now available:

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Data Book is published annually by the IRS and contains statistical tables and organizational information on a fiscal year basis. The report provides data on collecting the revenue, issuing refunds, enforcing the law, assisting the taxpayer, and the budget and workforce.
 

With a new online format, this year’s publication makes navigating data on taxpayer assistance, enforcement, and IRS operations easier, with graphic depictions of key areas and quick links to the underlying data. You can view selected summary graphs, key statistics, and descriptions of the tables and the IRS functions they cover. To download data tables on IRS and taxpayer statistics, visit the relevant section page listed on the left-side navigation column.

 The IRS closed 101,962 applications for tax-exempt status. Of those, the IRS approved tax-exempt status for 95,372 organizations and denied tax-exempt status for 67 organizations (2015 IRS Data Book, Table 24).  The vast majority of applicants (s92,653 applications closed) sought exemption as charitable organizations.  Of these charitable applicants, 86,915 were approved and 57 were denied tax-exempt status (2015 IRS Data Book, Table 24).  The total number of tax-exempt organizations registered with the IRS at the end of fiscal year 2015 was 1,702,267, with 1,184,547 of those being tax-exempt charitable organizations (2015 IRS Data Book, Table 25).  However, the actual number of tax-exempt charitable organizations is likely greater because certain charitable organizations are not required to apply for recognition of tax-exempt status.  These organizations include churches, interchurch organizations of local units of a church, integrated auxiliaries of a church, conventions or associations of churches, and organizations (other than private foundations) that do not normally receive more than $5,000 in gross receipts each year.

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