IRS data show tax gap growing.

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The difference between taxes owed and taxes paid on time--known as the tax gap--increased to an estimated 1458 billion during from 2008 to 2010, according to the IRS.

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The last time the IRS released a tax gap analysis was in January 2012, when it studied tax year 2006 and estimates put the tax gap at $450 billion.

Many factors contribute to the tax gap, according to the report, including the overall level of economic...