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As the article states the "audits" are for the most part (~85% of the time) a letter sent to the person asking them to provide documentation for something. I w
by graton 4y ago
As the article states the "audits" are for the most part (~85% of the time) a letter sent to the person asking them to provide documentation for something.
I would think most people think of an audit as having to meet in person with an IRS representative going over their taxes.
- jwarden 4y agoThe author of the article asks "Does it make sense from either an equity or revenue standpoint to focus IRS’s limited firepower on the poorest taxpayers among us?" But he has only established that the IRS sends more of these letters to the (self-reported) poorest taxpayers, and not that they actually spend more of their limited firepower on them.
- tpmx 4y ago
- washbrain 4y agoWait what? What about defining "correspondence audits" is political?
- throwaway5959 4y agoFor some people, it’s easier to ask them what isn’t political than what is. Once you realize that, their constant strife makes a lot more sense.
- washbrain 4y agoI mean, I'm a Marxist and I think lots of stuff is political, but even I can't figure out what that poster was trying to say.
- raunak 4y agoI think you have that backwards buddy.
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- mrguyorama 4y agoYour persecution complex is incredible
- Buttons840 4y agoI had one of these audits last year when my tax guy claimed a tuition tax break (graduated this time :) which I had already fully utilized during my younger years before dropping out. The IRS sent a letter saying "you already claimed this credit" and I marked a form indicating I was no longer claiming the credit and sent it back. The entire process put my refund on hold, but once cleared up I still got a refund.