Monday, May 27, 2013

IRS Scandal Seen Having a Chilling Effect on Audits

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The blossoming IRS scandal may be welcomed by Americans who hope to avoid the unblinking eye of the national tax agency, as the last time the IRS was in such a public mess, tax audits fell by 50 percent, according to MarketWatch.

After 1998, when Congressional hearings led to criticism and a reorganization of the IRS, audits subsequently fell to 620,000 in 2000, and the share of taxpayers audited dropped to 0.5 percent from 1 percent.

During that time of reform, IRS employees were wary of being reprimanded for taking enforcement actions, MarketWatch reported.

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