[dead]

This is not physically possible. The IRS does not have the manpower.

"Double check" is not an audit.

It means some low level government knucklehead glances at it, looks away, then glances at it again.

[1rudeboy]

I understand that . . . I simply find it more likely that some government knucklehead picked-up the phone when Salgak rang.

[antivenom]

Double checked means it is shuffled to another desk before it is mailed.

[USNA74]

Actually, I think this means they use the computer to compare what items you reported versus what items were reported to them. For example, they check to see that your W-2 reported income exactly matches the W-2 provided to them. Same thing with other "information returns" provided to the IRS, like 1099's, Interest and Dividends, etc.

I had one of these computer checks last year that caught a difference between what I reported on my return and one of the 1099's that was in my return. Turns out I had an explanation, but that didn't stop the computer from reporting my return as "faulty".

[USNA74]

Actually, I think this means they use the computer to compare what items you reported versus what items were reported to them. For example, they check to see that your W-2 reported income exactly matches the W-2 provided to them. Same thing with other "information returns" provided to the IRS, like 1099's, Interest and Dividends, etc.

I had one of these computer checks last year that caught a difference between what I reported on my return and one of the 1099's that was in my return. Turns out I had an explanation, but that didn't stop the computer from reporting my return as "faulty".