I still say it’s because of eBay and other places like that. For many years a seller on eBay or flea markets or yard sales was safe from an audit if they didn’t have 200 or more sales and/or $20,000.00 in sales. That all changed on January 1,2022. Now if you have $600.00 or more of sales you will get a 1099 and so will the IRS. MANY people will be caught flat footed with that and the IRS will come after them.
We’ll see pretty soon.
Absolutely and nice summary
Those changes are just part of the reason. The other part is the switch to an all digital currency. It will take an army to enforce the switch to digital.
Anyone bartering after a certain date for good and services can expect to be audited.
Anyone with a history of owning gold or silver can expect to be audited.
They are setting up to go after the black market or alternative economy after the change over to digital.