The Nation - News from Feb. 17, 1989

The Internal Revenue Service announced that it is sending workers to 143 cities in 80 countries to help Americans abroad prepare their 1988 tax returns. At the same time, the IRS said it is intensifying efforts to reduce the number of U.S. citizens living abroad who don’t even bother to file a return. The agency estimates that 3 million live in foreign countries, including retirees and dependents with no income, but only 900,000 filed returns last year.