[20170616]IF10433_2017财年国税局预算.pdf

https:/crsreports.congress.gov Updated June 16, 2017Internal Revenue Service Budget, FY2017Overview The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) collects most of the revenue needed to fund the federal government and enforces federal tax laws. In FY2016, the IRS processed 244.2 million tax returns and other forms and collected $3.3 trillion in gross taxes. Appropriated funds accounted for nearly 93% of the funds available to the IRS for obligation in FY2015, the most recent year for which actual figures are available. The remainder consisted of reimbursements, offsetting collections, user fees, and unobligated balances from previous years. Historically, the agencys appropriations have been distributed among four accounts: taxpayer services, enforcement, operations support, and business systems modernization (BSM). In FY2015, enforcement received about 45% of the $10.650 billion in IRS appropriations, followed by operations support (34%), taxpayer services (20%), and the BSM program (10%). Table 1. FY2017 Budget Request and FY2016 Appropriations (millions of dollars) FY2016 Enacted FY2017 Request FY2017 Enacted Taxpayer Services $2,156 $2,406 $2,157 Enforcement 4,860 5,216 4,860 Operations Su