Updating the IRS Spotlight: Tracking a weakened agency
The Internal Revenue Service is essential to the functioning of the federal government, but over the past two years, the agency’s capacity has been seriously damaged.
国税局对于联邦政府的运作至关重要，但在过去两年中，该机构的能力受到严重损害。
The agency has lost a quarter of its workforce and most of its senior leadership , seen serious erosion of taxpayer data privacy protections , and been threatened with political interference that would undermine its nonpartisanship and independence.
该机构已经失去了四分之一的员工和大部分高级领导层，纳税人数据隐私保护受到严重侵蚀，并受到政治干预的威胁，这将破坏其无党派性和独立性。
In January, we launched the IRS Spotlight to help track the impact of these immense changes.
一月份，我们推出了 IRS Spotlight，以帮助追踪这些巨大变化的影响。
The spotlight is an online compendium that provides researchers, journalists, and the public with regularly updated and accessible data and analysis on federal tax administration.
焦点是一个在线概要，为研究人员、记者和公众提供定期更新且可访问的联邦税务管理数据和分析。
Since its launch, the IRS Spotlight has continued to grow to incorporate new data and address developing issues.
自推出以来，国税局聚焦不断发展，纳入新数据并解决发展中的问题。
Our latest update introduces additional data and visualizations, subject-specific timelines, and an expansion of our issue areas.
我们的最新更新引入了额外的数据和可视化、特定主题的时间表以及问题领域的扩展。
The spotlight now examines six areas of tax administration: taxpayer services , compliance and enforcement , leadership and workforce , modernization and technology , taxpayer privacy and immigration , and nonpartisanship .
现在的焦点集中在税务管理的六个领域：纳税人服务、合规和执法、领导力和劳动力、现代化和技术、纳税人隐私和移民以及无党派关系。
How long has the IRS commissioner position remained vacant ?
美国国税局局长职位空缺多久了？
How many employees does the IRS have after workforce cuts?
裁员后国税局有多少员工？
How long are taxpayers waiting to speak with someone on the phone?
纳税人要等多久才能与某人通电话？
How has the number of open audits of large corporations changed over time?
随着时间的推移，大公司的公开审计数量发生了怎样的变化？
The expanded IRS Spotlight helps answer these questions and more with clear data visualizations drawing on recent reports on IRS performance.
扩展后的 IRS Spotlight 借助最新的 IRS 绩效报告提供清晰的数据可视化，帮助回答这些问题以及更多问题。
Data alone cannot fully explain what is happening at an agency undergoing rapid and unprecedented change.
仅靠数据无法完全解释一个正在经历快速且前所未有的变革的机构正在发生的事情。
Context matters, too.
背景也很重要。
When major personnel decisions, policy announcements, legal developments, and administrative changes unfold all at once, it can be difficult to understand how individual events relate to one another or fit into the broader picture.
当重大人事决定、政策公告、法律发展和行政变化同时展开时，可能很难理解各个事件之间的相互关系或如何融入更广阔的背景。
The updated spotlight therefore includes subject-specific timelines for each of its six categories.
因此，更新后的焦点包括六个类别中每个类别的特定主题时间表。
These timelines bring together all these changes and newly released data in one place, so you don’t miss the forest for the trees.
这些时间线将所有这些变化和新发布的数据汇集到一个地方，这样您就不会只见树木不见森林。
A major reason that the U.S. tax system works to fund our public services is because taxpayers trust that their tax data will not be misused.
美国税收系统为我们的公共服务提供资金的一个主要原因是纳税人相信他们的税务数据不会被滥用。
It is essential that the tax system be administered fairly and neutrally, without regard to who holds political power.
税收制度必须公平、中立地管理，无论谁拥有政治权力。
Today, however, there are many serious questions about the IRS’s independence from political interference and political pressure.
然而，如今，美国国税局是否独立于政治干预和政治压力存在许多严重问题。
To track these concerns, we’ve added a new section, nonpartisanship , that documents instances of political interference as they occur, providing readers with a coherent record of disparate but interrelated events, such as the president’s personal lawsuit against the IRS, the attempted launch of a weaponization fund, and reports of attempted targeting of audits against the administration’s perceived political opponents.
为了追踪这些担忧，我们添加了一个新的部分，即“无党派”，记录发生的政治干预实例，为读者提供不同但相互关联的事件的连贯记录，例如总统针对美国国税局的个人诉讼、试图启动武器化基金，以及试图针对政府认为的政治对手进行审计的报告。
Where possible, we also bring quantitative data to bear on tax administration issues.
在可能的情况下，我们还会利用定量数据来解决税务管理问题。
For example, a recent survey of Treasury employees found that only 19% reported being “very” or “completely” confident that they could “report a suspected violation of a law, rule or regulation without experiencing retaliation.”
例如，最近对财政部员工的一项调查发现，只有 19% 的人表示“非常”或“完全”相信自己可以“举报涉嫌违反法律、规则或法规的行为，而不会遭受报复”。
On this and other crucial challenges facing federal tax administration, the IRS Spotlight will continue to track changes and provide accessible updates for decisionmakers, journalists, and the public.
关于联邦税务管理面临的这一挑战和其他关键挑战，国税局聚焦将继续跟踪变化，并为决策者、记者和公众提供可获取的最新信息。
When we introduced the IRS Spotlight, our goal was to preserve public access to essential information about federal tax administration and make that information easier to use.
当我们推出 IRS Spotlight 时，我们的目标是让公众能够获取有关联邦税务管理的基本信息，并使这些信息更易于使用。
The latest expansion advances that goal.
最新的扩展包推进了这一目标。
If you find a gap in our data library, or have a resource you think should be included, please reach out to us at [email protected] .
如果您发现我们的数据库中存在空白，或者有您认为应该包含的资源，请通过 [email protected] 与我们联系。