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Natasha Sarin was a Treasury official during the Biden administration and has written extensively about the tax gap.
IRS leader Frank Bisignano stated that tax enforcement revenue is increasing this year and does not depend on the number of auditors.
The Pentagon declined to provide the Congressional Budget Office with information on the cost of the war in Iran.
Last year, President Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics and called the labor market data 'rigged'.
An IRS spokesman stated the agency is updating its tax gap calculation methodologies and will release the figure when it is ready.
IRS leader Frank Bisignano has cast doubt on the tax gap metric and indicated a desire to focus on the 'addressable tax gap'.
The IRS's October 2024 projection estimated a $700 billion tax gap for 2022, with $90 billion expected to be eventually paid.
An inspector general report found that revenue from IRS audits dropped by more than a third in the last fiscal year.
The IRS tax gap estimate for 2023, which was scheduled for publication last fall, has not been released.
The Trump administration reduced the IRS workforce by roughly a quarter and cut its budget.
The IRS began releasing its tax gap estimate annually during the Biden administration.
The Trump administration has held up publication of the IRS's annual estimate of unpaid taxes.
A legal case against a man concerning his song lyrics resulted in an acquittal by a judge.
A Turkish court acquitted dancer Arif Sacli of previous obscenity charges.
Arif Sacli, a male dancer, was detained earlier this year on obscenity charges after performance videos spread online.
Police detained dancer Arif Sacli again on Sunday and charged him with obscenity and prostitution, according to his lawyer.
A second legal case against a man, concerning a video of two men dancing at a wedding, is ongoing.
Multiple members of the prominent gay rights association Kaos GL were detained in Turkey.
Turkish authorities have banned Pride parades in the country's cities.
Homosexuality is not illegal in Turkey.