IRS audits of higher income taxpayers increase The IRS audited one in eight individuals with incomes over $1
million in fiscal year (FY) 2011. While the overall audit coverage
rate for individuals remained steady at just over one percent, the
a...
Tax gap grows to $450 billion; compliance rate holds steady The "gross tax gap," or the amount of tax owed to the U.S.
government that is not paid on time, climbed from $345 billion in
Tax Year (TY) 2001 to $450 billion in TY 2006, the IRS has
reported. (Be...
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