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Black Americans likely audited at higher rates, IRS says
The Hill ^
| 05/15/2023
| THEHILL.COM
Posted on 05/15/2023 11:42:47 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel said Monday that Black taxpayers may be getting audited at significantly higher rates than non-Black taxpayers.
“Our initial findings support the conclusion that Black taxpayers may be audited at higher rates than would be expected given their share of the population,” Werfel wrote to Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Ore.).
A study out of Stanford University that found audit rates could be as much as five times higher for Black taxpayers than white taxpayers. Wyden asked Werfel to investigate the matter after the latter took the helm of the federal tax collection agency earlier this year.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 0001absurdpremise; americans; audited; black; irs
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Dud, maybe there are more red flags per capita in that group. Audits are not done on a random basis. How stupid are policial and social “scientists.” Extremely stupid they prove again and again.
To: erlayman
Doesn’t sound logical. Isn’t it a higher proportion of upper income that is most frequently audited ?? I've always thought the IRS should audit more of the folks who report little or no income.
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posted on
05/15/2023 12:18:36 PM PDT
by
Tell It Right
(1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
To: ChicagoConservative27
may be . . . could be
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posted on
05/15/2023 12:23:50 PM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
To: ChicagoConservative27
The article uppercases black, while lowercasing White, showing its bias.
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posted on
05/15/2023 12:24:37 PM PDT
by
I want the USA back
(The media is the most subversive and harmful institution on the planet. Tied with democrat party.)
To: StAnDeliver
“… a fat minority don’t even file, the rest file EZ and get the EITC and the bennies.”
I could see these as the very reasons blacks are audited at higher rates. Unreported income and fake dependents are good reasons to check.
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posted on
05/15/2023 12:27:43 PM PDT
by
VanShuyten
("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals)
To: ChicagoConservative27
Generally the more “red flags” you have exhibited in a return the greater chance of an audit.
Is it simply that more returns submitted by blacks have a great number and percentage of such “red flags”?
To: rigelkentaurus
Notice they don’t go into how often the audit uncovers fraud.
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posted on
05/15/2023 12:31:45 PM PDT
by
PapaBear3625
(We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced so stupid people won’t be offended)
To: ChicagoConservative27
Not the Danny Werfel I was thinking about.
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posted on
05/15/2023 12:33:20 PM PDT
by
FamiliarFace
(I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TP)
I throw the huge BS flag on this….smh
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posted on
05/15/2023 12:33:20 PM PDT
by
TnTnTn
To: entropy12
You must not venture into the gray areas of the tax laws. I live there, and haven’t been audited in nearly 50 years.
Just messing with you FRiend.
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posted on
05/15/2023 12:33:55 PM PDT
by
Night Hides Not
(Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
To: skeeter
For real.
And we’ve been audited twice in our married lives.
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posted on
05/15/2023 12:34:07 PM PDT
by
FamiliarFace
(I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TP)
To: RoosterRedux
If you file a Schedule C (Self Employment) and claim EITC, the IRS has a separate file for those returns. That combo has dominated the percentage of returns audited for decades.
I strongly advise hiring a CPA for those situations.
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posted on
05/15/2023 12:38:47 PM PDT
by
Night Hides Not
(Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
To: CatOwner
Bring it on! They’ll be wasting their time.
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posted on
05/15/2023 12:40:17 PM PDT
by
Night Hides Not
(Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
To: ChicagoConservative27
Blacks are more likely to claim things like the Earned Income Tax Credit. That is a high fraud payment (25-30% fraud) that triggers a lot of investigation because there is a lot of $$$ involved and lots of fraud.
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posted on
05/15/2023 12:41:49 PM PDT
by
Mr Rogers
(We're a nation of feelings, not thoughts.)
To: ChicagoConservative27
The correct measurement should not be which group get’s audited more, what what percentage of audits for each group reveal actual tax frauds issues.
To: erlayman
“Isn’t it a higher proportion of upper income that is most frequently audited ??”
People who have their taxes done by tax lawyers aren’t likely to commit blatant, easily proven fraud. But people receiving the EITC and additional Child tax credit are because...drum roll...a lot of people CHEAT! My ex-DIL is paying back the IRS now after falsely claiming the kids on her tax returns while they lived full time with their Dad.
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posted on
05/15/2023 12:44:49 PM PDT
by
Mr Rogers
(We're a nation of feelings, not thoughts.)
To: ChicagoConservative27
I believe this because the rodents hate everybody including themselves sometimes. Their whole premise is based on successfully lying to various groups about whom they hate currently.
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posted on
05/15/2023 12:54:12 PM PDT
by
jmaroneps37
(Freedom is never free. It must be won rewon and jealously guarded.)
To: Fido969
When you are 23, claim 6 kids and no father, no house payments, only making 40k in assistance, your driving a 2021 escslade, it makes things kinda sketchy with the IRS, no matter what color you are.
The IRS knows ho's and drug dealers don't report income
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posted on
05/15/2023 12:57:32 PM PDT
by
Ikeon
(The rivers of blood, the screams, are going to be unimaginable when Jesus comes back. )
To: Fido969
Well when the say chit like Fiddy cents
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posted on
05/15/2023 12:57:34 PM PDT
by
al baby
(Sarcasm )
To: ChicagoConservative27
I’m seeing words, “ likely” and “may” not are.
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posted on
05/15/2023 1:00:15 PM PDT
by
mware
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