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This is a systemic problem with tax enforcement in the US in recent years, caused in part by reduced funding for the IRS. Wealthy people can afford expensive le
by mattficke 6y ago
This is a systemic problem with tax enforcement in the US in recent years, caused in part by reduced funding for the IRS. Wealthy people can afford expensive legal defenses, which makes it more expensive for the IRS to pursue these cases, so they focus instead on easy to win cases against low income people.
>According to data released by the IRS last week, millionaires in 2018 were about 80% less likely to be audited than they were in 2011.
Audits of the rich continue to plunge while those of the poor hold steady, and the two audit rates are converging. Last year, the top 1% of taxpayers by income were audited at a rate of 1.56%. EITC recipients, who typically have annual income under $20,000, were audited at 1.41%. [1]
[1] https://www.propublica.org/article/irs-now-audits-poor-americans-at-about-the-same-rate-as-the-top-1-percent https://www.propublica.org/article/irs-now-audits-poor-ameri...
- vmception 6y agoThis has nothing to do with that
- yardie 6y agoPartly, the tax prosecutor had a solid case but in Barr's mind there was a chance of failure. And the incestuous relationship of private and federal lawyers didn't help. Barr's former colleagues were sitting the otherside of the meeting table. Do you think the typical construction contractor or engineer has anything near that? They'd be prosecuted, found guilty, and offered some sort of reduced or delayed sentencing.
- vmception 6y agoIRS budget cuts had nothing to do with an intense decade long focus on Smith and Vista because they actually were investigating. The DOJ has nothing to do with IRS budget cuts. I’m not responding to what you are saying, I am responding to which agencies and budgets are being referred to. There are plenty of other comments in this thread for you to make your particular point on.