Taxpayer Attitude and Opinion Surveys

This series consists of data from four surveys of taxpayer attitudes and opinions. In addition to respondent demographic information, the surveys contain data on taxpayers' impressions of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and its programs, their experiences dealing with IRS agents, their opinions of the IRS's sharing of inf ormation with other government agencies, and the sources of their information on taxes.

In addition, attitudes towards tax evasion and towards those who cheat on their taxes were probed. Topics also include IRS performance, communications, and tax collection / enforcement, attitudes toward compliance / non-compliance including admissions of past non-compliance and penalties to be imposed on non-compliers, and overall attitudes toward the IRS. This data comprises government records extracted from the Archival Research Catalog (ARC).