Graph databases are used by the IRS for (at minimum) detecting "patterns of abusive tax transactions"[0] and tax fraud[1]. The IRS also recently contracted Bri

Graph databases are used by the IRS for (at minimum) detecting "patterns of abusive tax transactions"[0] and tax fraud[1]. The IRS also recently contracted Brillient to "define and prototype a graph database for the individual taxpayer"[2]. This is supposed to "enable IRS researchers to visualize complex relationships to improve compliance and enforcement." [0] https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-soi/09rescongraphquery.pdf https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-soi/09rescongraphquery.pdf [1] https://www.aaai.org/Papers/Workshops/2005/WS-05-07/WS05-07-006.pdf https://www.aaai.org/Papers/Workshops/2005/WS-05-07/WS05-07-... [2] https://www.brillient.net/news/brillient-awarded-new-task-order-to-support-the-irs-office-of-research-applied-analytics-statistics-raas/ https://www.brillient.net/news/brillient-awarded-new-task-or...