Why Did The IRS Destroy 30 Million Paper Returns?
https://www.crapo.senate.gov/news/in-the-news/weekly-column-why-did-the-irs-destroy-30-million-paper-returns
the IRS destroyed an estimated 30 million paper-filed tax documents without processing them.
IRS unable to locate millions of tax records, watchdog says
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/10/watchdog-irs-tax-records-00110637
The watchdog said it found seven empty boxes at the IRS’ facility in Ogden, Utah, that should have contained as many as 168 microfilm cartridges, which hold up to 2,000 photographic images each, and that the IRS personnel there were unable to point to the location of the cartridges.
TIGTA noted that this may be because the vendor responsible for creating the cartridges went out of business abruptly in 2018.
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IRS cannot find millions of backup tax records, watchdog says
https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/11/business/irs-tax-records-missing/index.html
The Internal Revenue Service cannot locate thousands of microfilm cartridges storing millions of sensitive business and individual tax account records
“TIGTA noted that this may be because the vendor responsible for creating the cartridges went out of business abruptly in 2018.”
Probably due to unpaid taxes:)