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Black Americans Much More Likely to Face Tax Audits
January 31, 2023 at 12:13 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 38 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2023/01/31/black-americans-much-more-likely-to-face-tax-audits/
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Black taxpayers are at least three times as likely to be audited by the Internal Revenue Service as other taxpayers, even after accounting for the differences in the types of returns each group is most likely to file, a team of economists has concluded in one of the most detailed studies yet on race and the nations tax system, the New York Times reports.
The findings do not suggest bias from individual tax enforcement agents, who do not know the race of the people they are auditing. They also do not suggest any valid reason for the I.R.S. to target Black Americans at such high rates; there is no evidence that group engages in more tax evasion than others.
Instead, the findings document discrimination in the computer algorithms the agency uses to determine who is selected for an audit.
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Samrob
(4,298 posts)MineralMan
(146,333 posts)Do tell. But read this first:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/black-carded/
Samrob
(4,298 posts)not proof.
MichMan
(11,978 posts)MineralMan
(146,333 posts)I didn't answer any questions that I can remember. I showed my birth certificate and gave my name and address. These days, babies get their SS# right away.