Irs Tax Audits ? By The Numbers
September 8, 2010 by admin
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Irs Tax Audits ? By The Numbers
While the IRS is aggressively pursuing taxes overseas, domestically they have been increasing audits for individuals, higher-income taxpayers, as well as the business returns of S-corporations and Partnerships:
1) Audit rates increased in 2007, both for overall individual rates and for higher-income taxpayers.
2) Audits of individuals with incomes of million or more increased from 17,015 during fiscal year 2006 to 31,382 during fiscal year 2007, an increase of 84 percent. One out of 11 individuals with incomes of million or more faced an audit in 2007.
3) Audits of individuals with incomes over 0,000 reached 113,105 returns, up 29.2 percent from the prior year total of 87,885.
4) The IRS increased audits of individual returns with income of 0,000 or more, auditing 293,188 of these returns in 2007, up 13.7 percent from last year’s total of 257,851.
5) Overall, the total individual returns audited increased by 7 percent to 1,384,563 in 2007 from 1,293,681 in 2006. That’s the highest number since 1998.
6) The IRS filed 3.8 million levies and almost 700,000 liens during 2007, an increase from the previous year and a substantial increase from five years earlier.
For businesses, the IRS continued efforts to review more returns of flow-through entities (i.e. Partnerships and S Corporations):
1) Audits of S Corporations increased to 17,681 during 2007, up 26 percent from the prior year’s total of 13,984.
2) Audits of partnerships increased to 12,195 during 2007, up almost 25 percent from the prior year’s total of 9,777.
3) Audits of mid-market corporations increased to 4,473, up 6 percent from last year’s total of 4,218.
4) Audits of businesses in general rose to 59,516, an increase of almost 14 percent from the prior year’s total of 52,223.
Although the audits of large corporations dipped slightly in 2007 to 9,644 audits, the number of audits is up 14 percent from the fiscal year 2002 level.
Gary S. Wolfe is an international tax attorney specializing in asset protection, IRS audits and international litigation. Please see http://gswlaw.com for more information.
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Irs Tax Audits – By The Numbers
October 20, 2009 by admin
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While the IRS is aggressively pursuing taxes overseas, domestically they have been increasing audits for individuals, higher-income taxpayers, as well as the business returns of S-corporations and Partnerships:
1) Audit rates increased in 2007, both for overall individual rates and for higher-income taxpayers.
2) Audits of individuals with incomes of $1 million or more increased from 17,015 during fiscal year 2006 to 31,382 during fiscal year 2007, an increase of 84 percent. One out of 11 individuals with incomes of $1 million or more faced an audit in 2007.
3) Audits of individuals with incomes over $200,000 reached 113,105 returns, up 29.2 percent from the prior year total of 87,885.
4) The IRS increased audits of individual returns with income of $100,000 or more, auditing 293,188 of these returns in 2007, up 13.7 percent from last year’s total of 257,851.
5) Overall, the total individual returns audited increased by 7 percent to 1,384,563 in 2007 from 1,293,681 in 2006. That’s the highest number since 1998.
6) The IRS filed 3.8 million levies and almost 700,000 liens during 2007, an increase from the previous year and a substantial increase from five years earlier.
For businesses, the IRS continued efforts to review more returns of flow-through entities (i.e. Partnerships and S Corporations):
1) Audits of S Corporations increased to 17,681 during 2007, up 26 percent from the prior year’s total of 13,984.
2) Audits of partnerships increased to 12,195 during 2007, up almost 25 percent from the prior year’s total of 9,777.
3) Audits of mid-market corporations increased to 4,473, up 6 percent from last year’s total of 4,218.
4) Audits of businesses in general rose to 59,516, an increase of almost 14 percent from the prior year’s total of 52,223.
Although the audits of large corporations dipped slightly in 2007 to 9,644 audits, the number of audits is up 14 percent from the fiscal year 2002 level.
Gary S. Wolfe is an international tax attorney specializing in asset protection, IRS audits and international litigation. Please see http://gswlaw.com for more information.
