Department of the Treasury

FY2022 Freedom of Information Act Annual Report
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FY2022 Freedom of Information Act Annual Report

to the Attorney General of the United States

TABLE OF CONTENTS 

I. Basic Information Regarding this Report ............................................................................................... 3 

II. Making a FOIA Request .......................................................................................................................... 4 

III. Acronyms, Definitions, and Exemptions ................................................................................................ 6 

IV. Exemption 3 Statutes ........................................................................................................................... 10 

V. FOIA Requests ...................................................................................................................................... 11 

VI. Administrative Appeals ........................................................................................................................ 15 

VII. Processed and Pending FOIA Requests................................................................................................ 22 

VIII. Requests for Expedited Processing and Fee Waiver ............................................................................ 30 

IX. FOIA Personnel and Costs .................................................................................................................... 32 

X. Fees Collected for Processing Requests............................................................................................... 33 

XI. Use of Subsection (c) Exclusions and Proactive Disclosures ................................................................ 34 

XII. Backlogs, Consultations, and Comparisions......................................................................................... 36 
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I. Basic Information Regarding this Report

1. Questions regarding this report may be directed to:

Mark Bittner

Director for FOIA & Transparency

Privacy, Transparency, and Records

Department of the Treasury

(202) 622-0930 Phone

(202) 622-3895 Fax

FOIA@treasury.gov

Address:

FOIA and Transparency

Department of the Treasury

Washington, DC 20220

2. This report is publicly available and can be downloaded from Treasury’s Freedom of 

Information Act website. 

3. Paper copies of this report may be obtained by contacting the Office of Privacy, 

Transparency, and Records at the address above.
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II. Making a FOIA Request

1. Contact Information

The current names, addresses, and contact information for Treasury’s FOIA Officers can be 

found on Treasury’s Freedom of Information Act website. 

Departmental Offices (DO)

Mr. Mark Bittner

Director for FOIA and Transparency

Privacy, Transparency, and Records

Department of the Treasury

(202) 622-0930 Phone

(202) 622-3895 Fax

 

Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade 

Bureau (TTB)

Mr. Quinton Mason

1310 G Street, N.W., Box 12

Washington, DC 20005

(202) 882-9904 Phone 

(202) 453-2331 Fax

Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP)

Ms. Leslie Rivera Pagán 

Office of the Chief Counsel

FOIA and Transparency

14th & C Streets, S.W., Room 419A

Washington, DC 20228

(202) 874-2500 Phone

(202) 874-2951 Fax

Bureau of the Fiscal Service (Fiscal 

Service)

Ms. Cynthia Sydnor/Ms. Denise Nelson

Disclosure Office

401 14th Street, S.W., Room 508B 

Washington, DC 20227

(202) 874-5602 Phone

(202) 874-5484 Fax

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)

Mr. Frank Vance

Disclosure Services

400 7th Street, S.W.

Suite 3E-218, Mail Stop 6W-11

Washington, DC 20219

(202) 649-6758 Phone

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network 

(FinCEN) 

Ms. Terri Robertson

ATTN: FOIA Request

P.O. Box 39

Vienna, VA 22183

(703) 905-5034 Phone 

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

HQ Stop 211

P.O. Box 621506

Atlanta, GA 30362-3006

(312) 292-3297 Phone 

United States Mint (Mint)

Ms. Lateau Jones

ATTN: FOIA Request

801 9th Street, N.W., 8th Floor

Washington, DC 20220

(202) 354-4600 Phone 

(202) 756-6153 Fax
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Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA)

Ms. Amy Jones

ATTN: FOIA Request

TIGTA Chief Counsel

1401 H Street, N.W., Suite 469

Washington, DC 20005

(202) 622-4068 Phone

(202) 622-3339 Fax

2. Brief description of why requests are not granted

The Treasury Department may not grant full access to records because of several reasons. Some 

records are classified. Others are specifically exempt from disclosure pursuant to statute, such 

as records that contain Bank Secrecy Act information or certain tax return information. This 

information falls within the scope of Exemption 3. Still other records and information that are 

obtained from private businesses and submitted in confidence or that contain proprietary 

information fall within the scope of Exemption 4. Internal agency communications representing 

the deliberative process, attorney work product, or attorney-client records fall within the scope 

of Exemption 5. Private information obtained from individuals may fall within the scope of 

Exemptions 6 and/or 7(C). Treasury also relies on Exemption 7(E) to protect information that 

would disclose techniques and procedures for law enforcement investigations or prosecutions or 

would disclose guidelines for law enforcement investigations or prosecutions if such disclosure 

could be expected to risk circumvention of the law. Finally, Treasury protects information and 

records contained in or related to the examination or the supervision of financial institutions 

under the authority of Exemption 8.

3. FOIA Regulations

Treasury’s FOIA regulations are codified at 31 CFR Part 1, Subpart A.

The Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) FOIA regulations are codified at 12 CFR Part 

1301.
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III. Acronyms, Definitions, and Exemptions

1. Agency–specific acronyms used in this Report:

Component Abbreviation Component Name

BEP Bureau of Engraving and Printing

DO1 Departmental Offices

FinCEN Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

Fiscal Service Bureau of the Fiscal Service

IRS Internal Revenue Service

MINT United States Mint

OCC Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

TIGTA Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration

TTB Alcohol Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau

2. Basic terms used in this Report

a. Administrative Appeal – a request to a federal agency asking that it review at a higher 

administrative level a FOIA determination made by the agency at the initial request level.

b. Average Number – the number obtained by dividing the sum of a group of numbers by the 

quantity of numbers in the group. For example, of 3, 7, and 14, the average number is 8.

c. Backlog – the number of requests or administrative appeals that are pending at an agency 

at the end of the fiscal year that are beyond the statutory time period for a response.

d. Component – for agencies that process requests on a decentralized basis, a “component” is 

an entity, also sometimes referred to as an Office, Division, Bureau, Center, or Directorate, 

within the agency that processes FOIA requests. The FOIA now requires that agencies 

include in their Annual FOIA Report data for both the agency overall and for each principal 

component of the agency.

1 DO includes the Offices of Domestic Finance, Economic Policy, Financial Research, General Counsel, International Affairs, 

Legislative Affairs, Management, Public Affairs, Tax Policy, Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, and the Treasurer of the 

United States. DO statistics in this report also include requests made to the Financial Stability Oversight Council, an entity 

chaired by the Secretary of the Treasury, the Treasury Office of the Inspector General, the Office of the Special Inspector 

General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program, and the Office of the Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery. 
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e. Consultation – the procedure whereby the agency responding to a FOIA request first 

forwards a record to another agency for its review because that other agency has an 

interest in the document. Once the agency in receipt of the consultation finishes its review 

of the record, it responds back to the agency that forwarded it. That agency, in turn, will 

then respond to the FOIA requester.

f. Exemption 3 Statute – a federal statute that exempts information from disclosure and 

which the agency relies on to withhold information under subsection (b)(3) of the FOIA.

g. FOIA Request – a FOIA request is generally a request to a federal agency for access to 

records concerning another person (i.e., a “third-party” request), or concerning an 

organization, or a particular topic of interest. FOIA requests also include requests made by 

requesters seeking records concerning themselves (i.e., “first-party” requests) when those 

requesters are not subject to the Privacy Act, such as non-U.S. citizens. Moreover, because 

all first-party requesters should be afforded the benefit of both the access provisions of the 

FOIA as well as those of the Privacy Act, FOIA requests also include any first-party requests 

where an agency determines that it must search beyond its Privacy Act “systems of records” 

or where a Privacy Act exemption applies, and the agency looks to FOIA to afford the 

greatest possible access. All requests which require the agency to utilize the FOIA in 

responding to the requester are included in this Report. Additionally, a FOIA request 

includes records referred to the agency for processing and direct response to the requester. 

It does not however, include records for which the agency has received a consultation from 

another agency (Consultations are reported separately in Section XII of this Report).

h. Full Grant – an agency decision to disclose all records in full in response to a FOIA request.

i. Full Denial – an agency decision not to release any records in response to a FOIA request 

because the records are exempt in their entireties under one or more of the FOIA 

exemptions, or because of a procedural reason, such as when no records could be located.

j. Median Number – the middle, not average, number. For example, of 3, 7, and 14, the 

median number is 7.

i. Multi‐track processing – a system in which simple requests requiring relatively minimal 

review are placed in one processing track and more voluminous and complex requests are 

placed in one or more other tracks. Requests granted expedited processing are placed in yet 

another track. Requests in each track are processed on a first in/first out basis.

ii. Expedited processing – an agency will process a FOIA request on an expedited basis 

when a requester satisfies the requirements for expedited processing as set forth in 

the statute and in agency regulations.

iii. Simple request – a FOIA request that an agency using multi-track processing places 

in its fastest (non-expedited) track based on the low volume and/or simplicity of 

the records requested.
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iv. Complex request – a FOIA request that an agency using multi-track processing 

places in a slower track based on the high volume and/or complexity of the records 

requested. 

k. Partial Grant/Partial Denial – in response to a FOIA request, an agency decision to disclose 

portions of the records and to withhold other portions that are exempt under the FOIA, or 

to otherwise deny a portion of the request for a procedural reason.

l. Pending Request or Pending Administrative Appeal – a request or administrative appeal 

for which an agency has not taken final action in all respects.

m. Perfected Request – a request for records which reasonably describes such records and is 

made in accordance with published rules stating the time, place, fees (if any) and 

procedures to be followed.

n. Processed Request or Processed Administrative Appeal – a request or administrative 

appeal for which an agency has taken final action in all respects.

o. Range in Number of Days – the lowest and highest number of days to process requests or 

administrative appeals.

p. Time Limits – the time period in the statute for an agency to respond to a FOIA request 

(ordinarily 20 working days from receipt of a "perfected" FOIA request).
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3. Descriptions of the nine FOIA Exemptions:

a. Exemption 1: classified national defense and foreign relations information

b. Exemption 2: information that is related solely to the internal rules and practices of an 

agency

c. Exemption 3: information that is prohibited from disclosure by another federal law

d. Exemption 4: trade secrets and other confidential business information

e. Exemption 5: inter-agency or intra-agency communications that are protected by legal 

privileges

f. Exemption 6: information involving matters of personal privacy

g. Exemption 7: records or information compiled for law enforcement purposes, to the 

extent that the production of those records (A) could reasonably be expected to 

interfere with enforcement proceedings, (B) would deprive a person of a right to a fair 

trial or an impartial adjudication, (C) could reasonably be expected to constitute an 

unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, (D) could reasonably be expected to disclose 

the identity of a confidential source, (E) would disclose techniques and procedures for 

law enforcement investigations or prosecutions, or would disclose guidelines for law 

enforcement investigations or prosecutions, or (F) could reasonably be expected to 

endanger the life or physical safety of any individual

h. Exemption 8: information relating to the regulation or supervision of financial 

institutions 

i. Exemption 9: geological information on wells
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IV. Exemption 3 Statutes

Statute Type of Information

Withheld Case Citation Agency / 

Component

Number of 

Times

Relied 

upon

by Agency / 

Component

Total 

Number 

of

Times 

Relied 

upon

by Agency 

Overall

26 U.S.C. § 6103, 

6105

Certain tax return information, 

to include Taxpayer 

Identification Numbers of third 

parties, and certain tax 

convention information

Nosal v. IRS, 523 F. Supp. 3d 72, 79 (D.D.C. 

2021); Church of Scientology v. IRS, 484 U.S. 

9, 15 (1987) (26 U.S.C. § 6103); Elec. Priv. 

Info. Ctr. v. IRS, 910 F.3d 1232, 1237 (D.C. 

Cir. 2018); Leonard v. U.S. Dep’of Treasury, 

590 F. App’x. 141, 143-44 (3d Cir. 2014) (per 

curiam); Pac. Fisheries, Inc. v. IRS, 395 F. 

App’x. 438, 440 (9th Cir. 2010) (unpublished 

disposition) (26 U.S.C. §§ 6103, 6105).

IRS 1660

1677

TIGTA

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Fed. R. Crim. P. 

6(e) ̧ enacted by 

Act of July 30 ̧ 

1977 ̧ Pub. L. No. 

95-78 ̧ 91 Stat. 

319

Certain records that would 

reveal some secret aspect 

pertaining to grand jury 

proceedings

Sussman v. USMS, 494 F.3d 1106, 1113 (D.C. 

Cir. 2007); Sorin v. DOJ, No. 18-99, 2018 WL 

6431027 (2d Cir. Dec. 6, 2018) (per curium); 

Widi v. McNeil, No. 12-CV-00188, 2016 WL 

4394724, at *23 (D. Me. Aug 16, 2016); 

Durham v. U.S. Att’y Gen., No. 06-843, 2008 

WL 620744, at *2 (E.D. Tex. Mar. 3, 2008); 

Cozen O'Connor v. U.S. Dep’t of Treasury, 

570 F. Supp. 2d 749, 776 (E.D. Pa. 2008).

IRS

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18 U.S.C. § 701 Likeness of any badge, 

identification card, or other 

insignia, of the design prescribed 

by the head of any department 

or agency of the United States 

for use by any officer or 

Jones v. IRS, No. 06-CV-322, 2008 WL 

1901208, at *3-4 (W.D. Mich. Apr. 25, 

2008).

IRS

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employee thereof, or any 

colorable imitation thereof

31 U.S.C. § 5319 Reports pertaining to monetary Yunes v. DOJ, 263 F. Supp. 3d 82, 87 (D.D.C. FinCEN 41

instruments transactions filed 

under subchapter II of chapter 

53 of title 31 and records of 

those reports

2017)); Council on Am.-Islamic Rels., Cal. v. 

FBI, 749 F. Supp. 2d 1104, 1117 (S.D. Cal. 

2010); Berger v. IRS, 487 F. Supp. 2d 482, 

496-97 (D.N.J. 2007), affd on other grounds, 

146

IRS 104

DO

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288 F. App’x 829 (3d Cir. 2008).

41 USC § 4702 Contractor proposals that are in Sinkfield v. HUD, No. 10-885, 2012 U.S. Dist. IRS

(formerly at 41 the possession or control of an LEXIS 35233, at *13-15 (S.D. Ohio Mar. 15, 

U.S.C. § executive agency and that have 2012); Margolin v. NASA, No. 09-CV-00421, 

253b(m)(1)) not been set forth or 2011 WL 1303221, at *6 (D. Nev. Mar. 31, 

incorporated by reference into 2011); Hornbostel v. U.S. Dep’t of the 2 2

contracts Interior, 305 F. Supp. 2d 21, 30 (D.D.C. 

2003), summary affirmance granted, No. 03-

5257, 2004 WL 1900562 (D.C. Cir. Aug. 25, 

2004).

21 U.S.C. § 

1904(e)(3)

Information related 

narcotics traffickers

to foreign N/A DO 9 9

V.A. FOIA REQUESTS ‐‐ RECEIVED, PROCESSED AND PENDING FOIA REQUESTS

Agency / Component

Number of Requests

Pending as of Start

of Fiscal Year

Number of

Requests Received

in Fiscal Year

Number of

Requests Processed

in Fiscal Year

Number of Requests

Pending as of End

of Fiscal Year

BEP 26 51 44 33

DO 1284 573 515 1342

FinCEN 34 164 157 41

Fiscal Service 15 305 305 15
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IRS 1392 7613 7542 1463

MINT 38 95 48 85

OCC 75 1506 1530 51

TIGTA 12 223 227 8

TTB 3 64 63 4

AGENCY OVERALL 2879 10594 10431 3042

After reviewing its database, Treasury updated the number of requests pending at the start 

of the Fiscal Year for the following components: DO, IRS, and OCC.

V.B.(1). DISPOSITION OF FOIA REQUESTS ‐‐ ALL PROCESSED REQUESTS

Agency / 

Component

Number 

of Full 

Grants

Number 

of 

Partial 

Grants / 

Partial 

Denials

Number of

Full Denials 

Based on 

Exemptions

Number of Full Denials Based on Reasons Other than Exemptions

No 

Records

All Records 

Referred to 

Another 

Component 

or Agency

Request 

Withdrawn

FeeRelated 

Reason

Records 

not 

Reasonably 

Described

Improper 

FOIA 

Request 

for Other 

Reason

Not 

Agency 

Record

Duplicate 

Request

Other 

*Explain 

in Chart 

Below

TOTAL

BEP 12 17 0 7 2 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 44

DO 66 176 26 77 21 37 0 29 10 48 18 7 515

FinCEN 7 12 51 10 1 5 0 20 15 31 5 0 157

Fiscal 

Service 37 60 22 36 23 6 3 8 72 35 3 0 305

IRS 1624 1865 246 463 3 368 14 91 1896 23 910 39 7542

MINT 9 7 6 21 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 48

OCC 1222 63 10 92 0 67 2 12 24 38 0 0 1530
13 

TIGTA 9 48 12 10 44 8 0 5 87 0 4 0 227

TTB 5 9 10 17 0 8 1 3 5 1 4 0 63

AGENCY 

OVERALL 2991 2257 383 733 94 502 21 169 2113 178 944 46 10431

V.B.(2). DISPOSITION OF FOIA REQUESTS ‐‐ "OTHER" REASONS FOR "FULL DENIALS BASED ON REASONS OTHER THAN EXEMPTIONS"

Agency / Component Description of "Other" Reasons for 

Denials from Chart B(1)

Number of Times "Other" 

Was Relied Upon

Reason TOTAL

BEP N/A 0 0

DO Unable to Locate Requester 7 7

FinCEN N/A 0 0

Fiscal Service N/A 0 0

IRS Directed Requester 

Subject to the FOIA

to Another Entity 

39 39

MINT N/A 0 0

OCC N/A 0 0

TIGTA N/A 0 0

TTB N/A 0 0

AGENCY OVERALL 46
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V.B.(3). DISPOSITION OF FOIA REQUESTS ‐‐ NUMBER OF TIMES EXEMPTIONS APPLIED

Agency / 

Component Ex. 1 Ex. 2 Ex. 3 Ex. 4 Ex. 5 Ex. 6 Ex. 

7(A)

Ex. 

7(B)

Ex. 

7(C)

Ex. 

7(D)

Ex. 

7(E)

Ex. 

7(F) Ex. 8 Ex. 9

BEP 0 11 0 1 0 11 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 

DO 12 3 22 66 88 174 12 1 34 3 21 1 2 0 

FinCEN 0 0 42 1 7 15 0 0 8 0 7 0 0 0 

Fiscal Service 0 0 1 15 6 59 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 

IRS 0 11 1664 94 285 518 304 0 650 7 686 5 0 0 

MINT 0 0 0 4 1 7 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 

OCC 0 22 0 17 34 48 1 0 1 0 0 0 33 0 

TIGTA 0 0 17 3 8 57 0 0 49 0 37 2 0 0 

TTB 0 0 10 5 1 7 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 12 47 1756 206 430 896 317 1 748 12 759 8 35 0
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VI.A. ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS OF INITIAL DETERMINATIONS OF FOIA REQUESTS ‐‐ RECEIVED, PROCESSED, AND PENDING ADMINISTRATIVE 

APPEALS

Agency / Component

Number of Appeals

Pending as of Start

of Fiscal Year

Number of

Appeals Received

in Fiscal Year

Number of

Appeals Processed

in Fiscal Year

Number of Appeals

Pending as of End

of Fiscal Year

BEP 0 1 0 1

DO 36 16 14 38

FinCEN 0 6 0 6

Fiscal Service 0 3 3 0

IRS 9 107 107 9

MINT 1 1 0 2

OCC 1 7 8 0

TIGTA 1 13 13 1

TTB 1 2 2 1

AGENCY OVERALL 49 156 147 58

After reviewing its database, Treasury updated the number of appeals pending at the start of 

the Fiscal Year for the following components: IRS.
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VI.B. DISPOSITION OF ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS ‐‐ ALL PROCESSED APPEALS

Agency / 

Component

Number 

Affirmed on 

Appeal

Number Partially 

Affirmed & Partially 

Reversed/Remanded 

on Appeal

Number Completely 

Reversed/Remanded on 

Appeal

Number of Appeals 

Closed for Other 

Reasons

TOTAL

BEP 0 0 0 0 0

DO 4 1 1 8 14

FinCEN 0 0 0 0 0

Fiscal Service 2 0 1 0 3

IRS 88 1 0 18 107

MINT 0 0 0 0 0

OCC 2 1 0 5 8

TIGTA 7 4 0 2 13

TTB 0 0 0 2 2

AGENCY OVERALL 103 7 2 35 147

VI.C.(1). REASONS FOR DENIAL ON APPEAL ‐‐ NUMBER OF TIMES EXEMPTIONS APPLIED

Agency / 

Component Ex. 1 Ex. 2 Ex. 3 Ex. 4 Ex. 5 Ex. 6 Ex. 

7(A)

Ex. 

7(B)

Ex. 

7(C)

Ex. 

7(D)

Ex. 

7(E)

Ex. 

7(F) Ex. 8 Ex. 9
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BEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

DO 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 

FinCEN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Fiscal Service 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

IRS 0 7 49 2 17 18 13 0 13 0 24 0 0 0 

MINT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OCC 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

TIGTA 0 0 4 0 1 4 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 

TTB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 0 7 53 3 22 24 14 0 17 0 25 0 0 0

VI.C.(2). REASONS FOR DENIAL ON APPEAL ‐‐ REASONS OTHER THAN EXEMPTIONS

Agency / 

Component

No 

Records

Records 

Referred 

at Initial 

Request 

Level

Request 

Withdrawn

FeeRelated 

Reason

Records 

not 

Reasonably 

Described

Improper 

Request 

for Other 

Reasons

Not 

Agency 

Record

Duplicate 

Request 

or 

Appeal

Request 

in 

Litigation

Appeal 

Based 

Solely on 

Denial of 

Request 

for 

Expedited 

Processing

Other 

*Explain 

in chart 

below

BEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
18 

DO 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 

FinCEN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Fiscal 

Service 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

IRS 12 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 

MINT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OCC 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 

TIGTA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 

TTB 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 14 0 5 0 0 8 0 3 1 2 3

VI.C.(3). REASONS FOR DENIAL ON APPEAL ‐‐ "OTHER" REASONS

Agency / Component Description of "Other" Reasons for 

Denial on Appeal from Chart C(2)

Number of Times "Other" 

Reason Was Relied Upon TOTAL

IRS Improper Appeal 1 1

OCC Improper Appeal 2 2

DO N/A 0 0

BEP N/A 0 0

FinCEN N/A 0 0
19 

Fiscal Service N/A 0 0

MINT N/A 0 0

TIGTA N/A 0 0

TTB N/A 0 0

AGENCY OVERALL 3

VI.C.(4). RESPONSE TIME FOR ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS

Agency / Component Median Number 

of Days

Average Number 

of Days

Lowest Number 

of Days

Highest Number of 

Days

IRS 14 19.57 4 317

OCC 19 32.38 <1 134

TIGTA 15 15 1 22

DO 32 118.79 1 467

Fiscal Service 20 21.33 20 24

TTB 15.5 15.5 8 23

AGENCY OVERALL 15.5 40.25 <1 467
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VI.C.(5). TEN OLDEST PENDING ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS

Agency / 

Component

10th 

Oldest 

Appeal

9th 8th 7th 6th 5th 4th 3rd 2nd Oldest 

Appeal

IRS

Date of 

Appeal N/A

2022-

09-26

2022-

09-22

2022-

09-22

2022-

09-16

2022-

09-15

2022-

09-15

2022-

09-13

2022-

09-13

2022-

09-01

Number 

of Days 

Pending 0 4 6 6 10 11 11 13 13 20

TIGTA

Date of 

Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

2022-

09-14

Number 

of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13

BEP

Date of 

Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

2022-

08-23

Number 

of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27

DO

Date of 

Appeal

2019-07-

16

2019-

06-20

2018-

10-04

2018-

07-12

2018-

07-09

2018-

01-16

2017-

12-20

2017-

10-04

2015-

11-13

2015-

10-01

Number 

of Days 

Pending 804 821 997 1047 1059 1180 1196 1248 1722 1751
21 

FinCEN 

Date of 

Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A

2022-

05-10

2022-

01-11

2022-

01-11

2022-

01-11

2022-

01-11

2022-

01-11

Number 

of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 100 183 183 183 183 183

MINT

Date of 

Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

2022-

09-18

2021-

09-14

Number 

of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 137 264

TTB

Date of 

Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

2022-

09-26

Number 

of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 

Fiscal 

Service 

Date of 

Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number 

of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OCC

Date of 

Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number 

of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

AGENCY 

OVERALL

Date of 

Appeal

2019-07-

16

2019-

06-20

2018-

10-04

2018-

07-25

2018-

07-09

2018-

01-16

2017-

12-20

2017-

10-04

2015-

11-13

2015-

10-01
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Number 

of Days 

Pending 804 821 997 1047 1059 1180 1196 1248 1722 1751

VII.A. FOIA REQUESTS ‐‐ RESPONSE TIME FOR ALL PROCESSED PERFECTED REQUESTS

Agency / 

Component

SIMPLE COMPLEX EXPEDITED PROCESSING

Median 

Number 

of Days

Average 

Number 

of Days

Lowest 

Number 

of Days

Highest 

Number 

of Days

Median 

Number 

of Days

Average 

Number 

of Days

Lowest 

Number 

of Days

Highest 

Number 

of Days

Median 

Number 

of Days

Average 

Number 

of Days

Lowest 

Number 

of Days

Highest 

Number 

of Days

BEP 43 89.89 6 370 620 670.67 513 879 25 25 25 25

DO 2 11.4 <1 215 361.5 453.62 <1 2755 1141 1141 1115 1167

FinCEN 3 13.54 <1 191 526 611.86 81 1165 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Fiscal 

Service 9 12.88 <1 317 26 213.08 11 1136 N/A N/A N/A N/A

IRS N/A N/A N/A N/A 18 52.93 <1 1696 49 79.85 20 190

MINT 15 27.9 <1 155 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

OCC 1 16.12 <1 1158 132.5 221.91 7 952 3 31.67 1 91

TIGTA 2 2.89 <1 15 10 15.54 <1 134 14 14 14 14

TTB 7 10.07 <1 47 28 36.39 2 167 N/A N/A N/A N/A

AGENCY 

OVERALL 2 15.97 <1 1158 14 61.68 <1 2755 46.5 177.05 1 1167
23 

VII.B. PROCESSED REQUESTS ‐‐ RESPONSE TIME FOR PERFECTED REQUESTS IN WHICH INFORMATION WAS GRANTED

Agency / 

Component

SIMPLE COMPLEX EXPEDITED PROCESSING

Median 

Number 

of Days

Average 

Number 

of Days

Lowest 

Number 

of Days

Highest 

Number 

of Days

Median 

Number 

of Days

Average 

Number 

of Days

Lowest 

Number 

of Days

Highest 

Number 

of Days

Median 

Number 

of Days

Average 

Number 

of Days

Lowest 

Number 

of Days

Highest 

Number 

of Days

BEP 49 96.12 6 370 620 670.67 513 879 25 25 25 25

DO 11 25.05 <1 170 409 457.52 <1 2755 1167 1167 1167 1167

FinCEN 10 41.73 <1 191 718.5 767 466 1165 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Fiscal 

Service 12 17.05 <1 317 25.5 244 13 1136 N/A N/A N/A N/A

IRS N/A N/A N/A N/A 29 70.26 <1 1696 46.5 77 20 190

MINT 15 35.25 <1 149 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

OCC 1 9.47 <1 1158 135 224.27 21 952 1 1 1 1 

TIGTA 3 6.17 1 15 14.5 21.86 2 134 14 14 14 14

TTB <1 <1 <1 <1 39 59.18 11 164 N/A N/A N/A N/A

AGENCY 

OVERALL 1 12.65 <1 1158 31 92.96 <1 2755 39.5 133.19 1 1167
24 

VII.C. PROCESSED SIMPLE REQUESTS ‐‐ RESPONSE TIME IN DAY INCREMENTS

Agency / 

Component

<1-

20

Days

21-

40

Days

41-

60

Days

61-

80

Days

81-

100 

Days

101-

120 

Days

121-

140 

Days

141-

160 

Days

161-

180 

Days

181-

200 

Days

201-

300 

Days

301-

400 

Days

401+

Days TOTAL

BEP 6 11 3 2 1 0 3 1 4 0 2 2 0 35

DO 124 6 7 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 143

FinCEN 93 10 5 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 115

Fiscal Service 192 14 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 212

IRS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

MINT 35 6 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 48

OCC 1325 67 9 12 2 3 4 1 1 3 8 6 16 1457

TIGTA 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45

TTB 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13

AGENCY 

OVERALL 1832 114 30 15 8 7 8 6 7 4 12 9 16 2068
25 

VII.C. PROCESSED COMPLEX REQUESTS ‐‐ RESPONSE TIME IN DAY INCREMENTS

Agency / 

Component

<1-20

Days

21-40

Days

41-60

Days

61-80

Days

81-

100 

Days

101-

120 

Days

121-

140 

Days

141-

160 

Days

161-

180 

Days

181-

200 

Days

201-

300 

Days

301-

400 

Days

401+

Days TOTAL

BEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3

DO 49 24 13 9 8 3 4 9 3 3 24 22 153 324

FinCEN 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 7

Fiscal Service 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 13

IRS 3164 685 371 249 194 156 136 117 61 72 168 83 86 5542

MINT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCC 3 4 1 3 3 2 1 2 2 0 5 2 6 34

TIGTA 70 9 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 86

TTB 15 16 6 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 41

AGENCY 

OVERALL 3306 742 397 261 209 161 143 128 68 75 198 107 255 6050
26 

VII.C. PROCESSED REQUESTS GRANTED EXPEDITED PROCESSING ‐‐ RESPONSE TIME IN DAY INCREMENTS

Agency / 

Component

<1-20

Days

21-40

Days

41-60

Days

61-

80

Days

81-

100 

Days

101-

120 

Days

121-

140 

Days

141-

160 

Days

161-

180 

Days

181-

200 

Days

201-

300 

Days

301-

400 

Days

401+

Days TOTAL

BEP 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

DO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2

FinCEN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Fiscal Service 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

IRS 2 3 2 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 13

MINT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCC 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3

TIGTA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

TTB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

AGENCY 

OVERALL 5 4 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 20
27 

VII.D. PENDING REQUESTS ‐‐ ALL PENDING PERFECTED REQUESTS

Agency / 

Component

SIMPLE COMPLEX EXPEDITED PROCESSING

Number 

Pending

Median 

Number of 

Days

Average 

Number of 

Days

Number 

Pending

Median 

Number of 

Days

Average 

Number of 

Days

Number 

Pending

Median 

Number of 

Days

Average 

Number of 

Days

BEP 21 36 80 6 830 838 0 N/A N/A

DO 9 533 510 1260 612.5 687 27 715 687

FinCEN 32 127.5 185 6 525 509 0 N/A N/A

Fiscal 

Service 12 8 13 0 N/A N/A 0 N/A N/A

IRS 0 N/A N/A 1319 99 169 8 210 202

MINT 73 240 237 1 832 832 0 N/A N/A

OCC 42 8.5 115 5 245 317 0 N/A N/A

TIGTA 0 N/A N/A 4 8.5 8 1 16 16

TTB 0 N/A N/A 3 71 59 0 N/A N/A

AGENCY 

OVERALL 189 99 178.11 2604 256 419.54 36 466 545.89
28 

VII.E. PENDING REQUESTS ‐‐ TEN OLDEST PENDING PERFECTED REQUESTS

Agency / 

Component

10th 

Oldest 

Request

9th 8th 7th 6th 5th 4th 3rd 2nd Oldest 

Request

BEP

Date of 

Receipt

2021-10-

20

2021-

07-18

2021-

07-16

2020-

12-07

2019-

10-31

2019-

10-31

2019-

06-12

2019-

06-04

2019-

06-04

2018-

06-08

Number of 

Days 

Pending 239 304 305 455 729 729 827 833 833 1079

DO

Date of 

Receipt

2014-07-

24

2014-

07-16

2014-

06-27

2014-

06-25

2014-

06-19

2014-

06-17

2014-

06-12

2014-

05-09

2014-

03-21

2013-

08-22

Number of 

Days 

Pending 2050 2056 2068 2070 2074 2076 2079 2102 2137 2280

FinCEN 

Date of 

Receipt

2021-02-

17

2021-

01-15

2020-

11-13

2020-

10-14

2020-

10-14

2020-

09-23

2020-

09-22

2020-

07-28

2020-

06-12

2020-

04-17

Number of 

Days 

Pending 409 429 470 491 491 505 506 545 576 615

Fiscal Service

Date of 

Receipt

2022-09-

27

2022-

09-21

2022-

09-21

2022-

09-19

2022-

09-14

2022-

09-13

2022-

09-07

2022-

08-30

2022-

08-05

2022-

07-28

Number of 

Days 

Pending 3 7 7 9 12 13 17 22 39 45

IRS

Date of 

Receipt

2019-05-

09

2019-

03-20

2019-

03-20

2018-

02-27

2018-

02-14

2017-

04-17

2017-

03-07

2016-

12-20

2016-

03-15

2015-

12-15
29 

Number of 

Days 

Pending 850 886 886 1152 1160 1368 1388 1397 1642 1703

Date of 2021-02- 2021- 2020- 2020- 2020- 2020- 2020- 2020- 2020- 2019-

Receipt 24 02-10 11-03 10-06 10-06 09-30 09-28 07-16 06-04 06-05

Number of 

MINT

Days 

Pending 404 413 477 496 496 500 502 553 582 832

Date of 2022-04- 2022- 2021- 2021- 2020- 2020- 2019- 2019- 2017- 2017-

Receipt 27 01-28 10-12 08-23 08-18 05-04 10-04 05-01 11-28 10-10

Number of 

OCC

Days 

Pending 109 171 245 279 533 607 751 860 1217 1250

Date of 2022- 2022- 2022- 2022- 2022-

Receipt N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 09-21 09-20 09-19 09-15 09-08

Number of 

TIGTA

Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 8 9 10 12 17

Date of 2022- 2022- 2022-

Receipt N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 09-27 06-21 05-03

Number of 

TTB

Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 71 105

Date of 2014-07- 2014- 2014- 2014- 2014- 2014- 2014- 2014- 2014- 2013-

AGENCY 

OVERALL

Receipt 24 07-16 06-27 06-25 06-19 06-17 06-12 05-09 03-21 08-22

Number of 

Days 

Pending 2050 2056 2068 2070 2074 2076 2079 2102 2137 2280
30 

VIII.A. REQUESTS FOR EXPEDITED PROCESSING

Agency / 

Component

Number 

Granted

Number 

Denied

Median Number 

of Days to 

Adjudicate

Average Number of 

Days to Adjudicate

Number Adjudicated 

Within Ten Calendar 

Days

BEP 0 1 13 13 0 

DO 7 84 7 187.93 50

FinCEN 0 10 2 3.3 10

Fiscal Service 0 2 5 5 2 

IRS 19 73 5 10.07 68

MINT 0 8 4 6 6 

OCC 2 6 1 1.75 8 

TIGTA 2 4 1.5 2.17 6 

TTB 0 8 1 11.88 6 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 30 196 5 80.44 156
31 

VIII.B. Requests for Fee Waiver

Agency / 

Component Number Granted Number Denied Median Number of Days 

to Adjudicate

Average Number of Days 

to Adjudicate

BEP 0 2 32.5 32.5

DO 88 34 6.5 199.3

FinCEN 0 17 1 2.76

Fiscal Service 0 1 15 15

IRS 53 31 <1 7.89

MINT 0 4 10 10.25

OCC 19 2 1 3.1

TIGTA 2 0 .5 .5

TTB 0 3 <1 0.33

AGENCY 

OVERALL 162 94 1.5 97.49
32 

IX. FOIA Personnel and Costs

Agency / 

Component

DO

FinCEN 

Fiscal Service

IRS

MINT

OCC

TIGTA

TTB

BEP

AGENCY 

OVERALL

PERSONNEL COSTS

Number of 

"Full-Time 

FOIA 

Employees"

Number of 

"Equivalent 

Full-Time FOIA 

Employees"

Total Number 

of "Full-Time 

FOIA Staff"

Processing 

Costs

LitigationRelated 

Costs

Total Costs

29 11.50 40.50 3185391.00 1001948.00 4187339.00

2 6.00 8.00 375000.00 130000.00 505000.00

2 5.00 7.00 750000.00 0.00 750000.00

14 50.36 64.36 7981910.00 670593.11 8652503.11

1 0.35 1.35 213527.82 0.00 213527.82

8 0.35 8.35 2229090.00 0.00 2229090.00

0 4.79 4.79 729949.00 8950.00 738899.00

1 0.35 1.35 213527.82 0.00 213527.82

0 1.50 1.50 265968.00 0.00 265968.00

57 80.20 137.20 15944363.64 1811491.11 17755854.75
33 

X. Fees Collected for Processing Requests

Agency / 

Component

Total Amount of Fees 

Collected

Percentage of Total 

Costs

BEP 0.00

DO 0.00

FinCEN 0.00

Fiscal Service 0.00

IRS 41037.92 0.5100

MINT 0.00

OCC 0.00

TIGTA 0.00

TTB 1092.80 0.5100

AGENCY 

OVERALL 42130.72 0.2600
34 

XI.A. Number of Times Subsection (C) Used

Agency / Component Number of Times Subsection Used

BEP 0 

DO 0 

FinCEN 0 

Fiscal Service 0 

IRS 0 

MINT 0 

OCC 0 

TIGTA 0 

TTB 0 

AGENCY OVERALL 0 
35 

XI.B. Number of Subsection (A)(2) Postings

Agency / 

Component

Number of Records 

Posted by the FOIA 

Office

Number of Records 

Posted by Program 

Offices

BEP 21 3 

DO 22 2131

FinCEN 1 0 

Fiscal Service 3 0 

IRS 4 2912

MINT 1 0 

OCC 4112 0 

TIGTA 1 162

TTB 0 3 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 4165 5211
36 

XII.A. Backlogs of FOIA Requests and Administrative Appeals

Agency / 

Component

Number of Backlogged 

Requests as of End of 

Fiscal Year

Number of Backlogged 

Appeals as of End of 

Fiscal Year

BEP 20 1 

DO 1268 38

FinCEN 36 6 

Fiscal Service 2 0 

IRS 969 0 

MINT 71 2 

OCC 13 0 

TIGTA 0 0 

TTB 2 0 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 2381 47
37 

XII.B. CONSULTATIONS ON FOIA REQUESTS ‐‐ RECEIVED, PROCESSED, AND PENDING CONSULTATIONS

Agency / 

Component

Number of 

Consultations Received 

from Other Agencies 

that were Pending at 

the Agency as of Start

of the Fiscal Year

Number of

Consultations 

Received from Other 

Agencies During the 

Fiscal Year

Number of Consultations 

Received from Other 

Agencies that were 

Processed by the Agency 

During the Fiscal Year

Number of Consultations 

Received from Other 

Agencies that were Pending

at the Agency as of End

of the Fiscal Year

BEP 0 5 5 0

DO 30 91 89 32

FinCEN 0 14 14 0

Fiscal Service 1 8 9 0

IRS 12 86 90 8

MINT 1 2 2 1

OCC 0 0 0 0

TIGTA 0 3 3 0

TTB 0 3 3 0

AGENCY 

OVERALL 44 212 215 41

After reviewing its database, Treasury adjusted the number of consults pending as of 

the start of the Fiscal Year for the following components: IRS.
38 

XII.C. CONSULTATIONS ON FOIA REQUESTS ‐‐ TEN OLDEST CONSULTATIONS RECEIVED FROM OTHER AGENCIES AND PENDING AT THE AGENCY

Agency / 

Component

10th Oldest 

Consultation 9th 8th 7th 6th 5th 4th 3rd 2nd Oldest 

Consultation

BEP

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number 

of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

DO

Date 2020-12-04

2020-

09-11

2020-

03-30

2019-

10-25

2019-

06-21

2019-

05-16

2018-

10-16

2018-

07-31

2018-

07-02 2017-12-01

Number 

of Days 456 513 629 733 820 845 990 1043 1063 1209

FinCEN 

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number 

of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Fiscal Service

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number 

of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

IRS

Date N/A N/A

2022-

09-28

2022-

09-28

2022-

09-23

2022-

09-19

2022-

09-19

2022-

03-16

2022-

01-12 2021-12-09

Number 

of Days 0 0 2 2 5 9 9 138 181 203

MINT

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2021-07-09

Number 

of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 310
39 

OCC

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number 

of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

TIGTA

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number 

of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

TTB

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number 

of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

AGENCY 

OVERALL

Date 2020-12-04

2020-

09-11

2020-

03-30

2019-

10-25

2019-

06-21

2019-

05-16

2018-

10-16

2018-

07-31

2018-

07-02 2017-12-01

Number 

of Days 456 513 629 733 820 845 990 1043 1063 1209

XII.D.(1). COMPARISON OF NUMBERS OF REQUESTS FROM PREVIOUS AND CURRENT ANNUAL REPORT ‐‐ REQUESTS RECEIVED AND 

PROCESSED

Agency / 

Component

NUMBER OF REQUESTS RECEIVED NUMBER OF REQUESTS PROCESSED

Number Received 

During Fiscal Year from 

Last Year's Annual 

Report

Number Received 

During Fiscal Year from 

Current Annual Report

Number Processed 

During Fiscal Year from 

Last Year's Annual 

Report

Number Processed 

During Fiscal Year from 

Current Annual Report

BEP 50 51 46 44
40 

DO 767 573 805 515

FinCEN 198 164 217 157

Fiscal Service 260 305 284 305

IRS 7700 7613 7526 7542

MINT 83 95 53 48

OCC 1450 1506 1511 1530

TIGTA 245 223 246 227

TTB 67 64 67 63

AGENCY 

OVERALL 10820 10594 10755 10431

XII.D.(2). COMPARISON OF NUMBERS OF REQUESTS FROM PREVIOUS AND CURRENT ANNUAL REPORT ‐‐ BACKLOGGED REQUESTS

Agency / 

Component

Number of Backlogged Requests as of 

End of the Fiscal Year from Previous 

Annual Report

Number of Backlogged Requests as of 

End of the Fiscal Year from Current 

Annual Report

BEP 19 20

DO 1307 1268

FinCEN 25 36

Fiscal Service 6 2 
41 

IRS 831 969

MINT 28 71

OCC 61 13

TIGTA 1 0 

TTB 2 2 

AGENCY OVERALL 2280 2381

XII.E.(1). COMPARISON OF NUMBERS OF ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS FROM PREVIOUS AND CURRENT ANNUAL REPORT ‐‐ APPEALS RECEIVED 

AND PROCESSED

NUMBER OF APPEALS RECEIVED NUMBER OF APPEALS PROCESSED

Agency / 

Component

Number Received 

During Fiscal Year from 

Last Year's Annual 

Report

Number Received 

During Fiscal Year 

from Current Annual 

Report

Number Processed 

During Fiscal Year from 

Last Year's Annual 

Report

Number Processed 

During Fiscal Year from 

Current Annual Report

BEP 0 1 0 0 

DO 19 16 28 14
42 

FinCEN 0 6 2 0 

Fiscal Service 6 3 7 3 

IRS 85 107 85 107

MINT 1 1 1 0 

OCC 11 7 12 8 

TIGTA 6 13 6 13

TTB 1 2 0 2 

AGENCY OVERALL 129 156 141 147

XII.E.(2). COMPARISON OF NUMBERS OF ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS FROM PREVIOUS AND CURRENT ANNUAL REPORT ‐‐ BACKLOGGED 

APPEALS

Agency / 

Component

Number of Backlogged 

Appeals as of End of the Fiscal 

Year from Previous Annual 

Report

Number of Backlogged Appeals 

as of End of the Fiscal Year 

from Current Annual Report

BEP 0 1 

DO 34 38

FinCEN 0 6 
43 

Fiscal Service 0 0 

IRS 0 0 

MINT 0 2 

OCC 1 0 

TIGTA 0 0 

TTB 0 0 

AGENCY OVERALL 35 47