While the IRS workforce has shrunken over the past couple of years, it is still going after the poor just as much as the right if not more.
USA Today reports that the IRS audits people making less than $25,000.00 a year more than all income groups except for the mega-rich.
Yes, even more than the upper-middle-class making over 100K.
That is a sad continuation of the war against the poor from benefit cuts to drug tests for benefits etc.
The overall audit rate is down to .45%.
But for the poor, it is .69%.
This is because the IRS checking for fraud and errors related to the Earned Income Tax Credit, per Eric Bronnenkant, head of tax at financial-services firm Betterment.
Apparently the upper-middle class is audited the least because of their reliance on W2 and standard deductions which according to a tax and investment expert who reasons that these returns have less room for error.
The upper-middle class is audited .44% of the time.
The mega-rich though with over $10 million in income get audited at a blazing clip of 6%.
