More IRS Audits Planned
Nobody likes being audited by the IRS, although the chances of being audited are now actually higher as there are more of them planned.
For those filing who had an income of over $200,000, IRS audits were increased by around 34 percent between 2010 and 2011. Despite this hefty increase, audit rates in general are still low, regardless of income amount.
For those earning over $200,000, almost 4 percent were audited for the 2011 year, and for those earning over a million dollars, audits were increased by 24 percent, with around 12.5 percent of those taxpayers being audited. The Washington … Read more at 2011 Taxes.