Tax Prosecutions Resulting from IRS Criminal Referrals-

Specific Statutory Lead Charge on Tax Prosecutions Resulting from IRS Criminal Referrals

Fiscal Year	Total Tax Prosecutions	Tax Evasion (26 USC 7201)	Willful Failure To File (26 USC 7203)	Other Title 26 Lead Charge
1980	1,681	518	516	647
1981	1,470	531	514	425
1982	1,240	452	383	405
1983	1,077	380	385	312
1984	1,176	403	406	367
1985	1,180	452	398	330
1986	1,307	502	402	403
1987	1,316	548	344	424
1988	1,193	502	295	396
1989	1,152	497	272	383
1990	1,102	464	278	360
1991	1,106	436	247	423
1992	1,060	397	237	426
1993	1,064	429	247	388
1994	975	375	197	403
1995	900	320	208	372
1996	855	305	186	364
1997	936	372	170	394
1998	715	297	147	271
1999	739	290	108	341
2000	609	247	64	298
2001	547	187	61	299
2002	512	200	56	256
2003	474	198	30	246
2004*	546	215	74	257

Source: TRAC analysis of Justice Department records.
*Note: Since January 2004, the Justice Department has started withholding
lead charge information on roughly one in ten prosecutions. Additional
information is used to allocate these prosecutions to their lead charge.