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Salviati

(6,002 posts)
3. While that would make sense, I believe it is also not true.
Mon Jul 11, 2022, 03:01 PM
Jul 2022

Lower income individuals are targeted at higher than average rates, as they are easy audits for the IRS to do, and recently the largest decrease in audit rates are for those with the highest incomes...

Audit trends vary by taxpayer income. In recent years, IRS audited taxpayers with incomes below $25,000 and those with incomes of $500,000 or more at higher-than-average rates. But, audit rates have dropped for all income levels—with audit rates decreasing the most for taxpayers with incomes of $200,000 or more.


https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-22-104960#:~:text=Audit%20trends%20vary%20by%20taxpayer,incomes%20of%20%24200%2C000%20or%20more.
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