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Who Wins When a Crucial Agency Is DefundedThis story was co-published with The Atlantic.Who Wins When a Crucial Agency Is DefundedAudits and criminal referrals are down sharply since Congress cut the tax agency’s budget and management changed priorities.In the summer of 2008, William Pfeil made a startling discovery: Hundreds of foreign companies that operated in the U.S. weren’t paying U.S. taxes, and his employer, the Internal Revenue Service, had no idea. Under U.S. law, companies that do business in the Gulf of Mexico owe the American government a piece of what they make drilling for...

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