Taxpayer & Veterans Services

Federal Financial & Service Data Removals

Tracking removal of taxpayer advocacy resources, financial transparency data, and veteran service information

🚨 Serving Those Who Serve & Pay

These removals affect 160 million taxpayers and 19 million veterans who depend on federal transparency for advocacy, benefits, and accountability.

160M

Annual Tax Returns

19M

Veterans Enrolled

$6.8T

Federal Budget

$301B

VA Annual Budget

Removed or Altered Federal Taxpayer & Veterans Services Data (Jan–July 2025)

1. IRS Taxpayer Advocate Service Reports

URL: https://www.taxpayeradvocate.irs.gov/reports/

Status: 🟨 Page live but older report access reduced
Before Snapshot: Jan 18, 2025
After Snapshot: July 15, 2025
Search Terms: "2023 report to Congress site:taxpayeradvocate.irs.gov", "IRS TAS data archive"

Case Summary:
The IRS Taxpayer Advocate Service historically published detailed reports on audit burdens, refund delays, and systemic IRS failures. As of mid-2025, archived reports prior to 2024 have been made less accessible, limiting the public's ability to track trends or compare across years.

2. Treasury Debt & Transparency Reports

URLs: fiscaldata.treasury.gov, treasurydirect.gov/pd

Status: 🟥 treasurydirect.gov/pd page now 404; dashboards missing from fiscaldata
Before Snapshot: Jan 20, 2025
After Snapshot: July 15, 2025
Search Terms: "debt position reports site:treasurydirect.gov", "trust fund balances site:fiscaldata.treasury.gov"

Case Summary:
Formerly public-facing pages on Treasury debt and trust fund holdings have disappeared. Reports that tracked intragovernmental debt, savings bonds, and the debt ceiling now return 404s or have been unlinked, reducing transparency on federal obligations.

3. VA Health Care Quality & Outcomes Dashboards

URL: https://www.accesstocare.va.gov/

Status: 🟧 Site now redirects to general VA page; dashboards removed
Before Snapshot: Jan 19, 2025
After Snapshot: July 15, 2025
Search Terms: "VA quality metrics site:accesstocare.va.gov", "hospital star ratings site:va.gov"

Case Summary:
The VA's dedicated access to care portal previously provided facility-specific quality metrics, wait times, and patient satisfaction data. The site now redirects to general VA pages without the detailed accountability dashboards that veterans and advocates used to compare care quality across facilities.

4. IRS Audit Statistics & Enforcement Data

URL: https://www.irs.gov/statistics/soi-tax-stats-irs-data-book

Status: 🟨 Data book available but detailed audit breakdowns removed
Before Snapshot: Jan 22, 2025
After Snapshot: July 18, 2025
Search Terms: "audit rates by income level site:irs.gov", "enforcement statistics demographics"

Case Summary:
While the main IRS Data Book remains available, detailed breakdowns of audit rates by income level, demographic enforcement patterns, and collection statistics have been removed or aggregated to eliminate transparency about IRS enforcement targeting.

5. Treasury Federal Investments Transparency Portal

URL: https://www.fiscal.treasury.gov/foia/freq-req-records.html

Status: 🟥 Frequently requested records database removed
Before Snapshot: Jan 21, 2025
After Snapshot: July 16, 2025
Search Terms: "frequently requested Treasury records", "federal investment transparency"

Case Summary:
Treasury's proactive disclosure of frequently requested FOIA records—including federal investment data, banking supervision reports, and financial institution oversight—has been removed, forcing researchers to file individual FOIA requests for previously public information.

Community Impact Analysis

These removals create cascading effects across multiple stakeholder communities:

Tax Professionals: Loss of historical IRS data hampers client advocacy and systemic problem identification
Veterans & Families: Inability to compare VA facility quality affects healthcare decisions for 19 million enrolled veterans
Financial Researchers: Academic and policy research on tax enforcement and federal debt transparency significantly impacted
Congressional Oversight: Reduced data availability hampers legislative branch oversight of executive agency performance
Advocacy Organizations: Veteran service organizations and taxpayer advocacy groups lose critical data for effective representation
Journalists & Transparency Groups: Investigative reporting on government financial accountability severely limited

Take Action for Taxpayer & Veteran Transparency

Contact Your Representatives - Demand restoration of taxpayer and veteran services data
Support Veteran Service Organizations - Donate to groups advocating for VA transparency like DAV, VFW, American Legion
Contact House Ways & Means Committee - Urge oversight hearings on IRS transparency removals
Contact Senate/House Veterans' Affairs Committees - Demand restoration of VA quality data
Document Additional Removals - Report missing Treasury, IRS, or VA content
File FOIA Requests - Request specific datasets that were previously public
Memorial Day & Tax Day Actions - Join campaigns highlighting these removals during key advocacy periods

🏛️ Transparency Serves Democracy

Taxpayers deserve to know how their money is spent and how effectively it's collected. Veterans deserve full transparency about the quality of care they've earned through service. These removals undermine the basic compact between citizens and their government.