The IRS on Monday said an internal investigation found that Black taxpayers are audited at higher rates than expected given their share of the U.S. population.
The IRS on Monday said an internal investigation has found that Black taxpayers are audited at higher rates than would be expected given their share of the U.S. population. are up to five timesThe tax agency's acknowledgement comes after lawmakers and policy experts called on the IRS to review its auditing processes following the findings about about Black taxpayers.
"[O]ur initial findings support the conclusion that Black taxpayers may be audited at higher rates than would be expected given their share of the population," IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel wrote Monday in a The IRS, which received $80 billion in funding through the Inflation Reduction Act, plans to use some of that money to"understand any potential systemic bias in compliance strategies and treatments," Werfel noted.
Some lawmakers called for change following Werfel's admission that Black Americans are more likely to be audited by the IRS. "Back in March my colleagues and I raised alarms to the new IRS boss about Black taxpayers being over-audited and today he confirmed our suspicions," wrote Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr., a Democrat from New Jersey, on Twitter."The IRS is making strides but extra audits of Black Americans is disgraceful and must end."
Back in March my colleagues and I raised alarms to the new IRS boss about Black taxpayers being over-audited and today he confirmed our suspicions. IRS is making strides but extra audits of Black Americans is disgraceful and must end.
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