The Nation - News from Jan. 29, 1986

The Internal Revenue Service said it collected a record amount of income data in 1985, snaring enough underpayments to eventually add $2.6 billion to government coffers. Virtually all the tax errors uncovered by the Information Return Program, which uses computers to compare income documents with tax returns, will be reviewed, the tax agency said. More than 8 million taxpayers, including about 1.5 million who fail to file returns, will be contacted.