Politeness depends on the person you get. Most of them are as you point out But regardless of the politeness, the strategy is the same: get you to admit owing

Politeness depends on the person you get. Most of them are as you point out But regardless of the politeness, the strategy is the same: get you to admit owing more taxes on your own, with the least amount of effort possible It’s a known fact, and admitted by the IRS, that they go after easier targets (people with fewer resources that won’t fight them as much) https://www.forbes.com/sites/eriksherman/2023/01/29/the-irs-continues-to-focus-its-audits-on-poor-people-not-millionaires/amp/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/eriksherman/2023/01/29/the-irs-... https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2022-03-14/who-does-the-irs-audit https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2022-03-14/who-does-t... https://reason.com/2012/07/13/californias-food-truck-shakedown/ https://reason.com/2012/07/13/californias-food-truck-shakedo...