Common IRS audit triggers . The IRS initiates audits for a few different reasons, and any of the following can be a trigger ...

Just looking at the raw numbers, less than 1% of filers have been audited by the IRS in recent tax years. Based on the latest data available, for example, in tax year 2021 the IRS pursued a mere 0.3% ...

Imagine an IRS employee sitting down to play chess against a potential tax evader, and now suddenly you have IBM Watson on your side telling you exactly how to play the chess game,” former IRS ...

Getting an audit letter from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) can cause concern for even the most organized taxpayer. If you've received one of these letters after filing your taxes, you might ...

The Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) audits 1% to 2% of small business income tax returns annually for one of two reasons: (1) something about the return (or information reported on the return) ...

Though tax time isn’t exactly associated with spooky season, there is one entity that strikes fear into the hearts of tax filers as much as any ghost or goblin would — the IRS audit. An audit is an ...

Most tax audits don't start because someone tried to cheat the system. Take it from me, I was audited three times by the IRS in my 20s. A good-faith error one year ...

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As of Dec. 18, the IRS was about 27% smaller compared to the start of 2025, with the workforce falling from more than 102,000 in January 2025 to about 74,000 in December. Despite staffing cuts, the ...