A Welfare Analysis of Tax Audits Across the Income Distribution
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Abstract. We estimate the returns to IRS audits of taxpayers across the income distribution. We find an additional ${\$}$1 spent auditing taxpayers above t
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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/smurfyjenkins on 2024-11-10 17:30:09+00:00.

Original Title: IRS audits are extremely effective at raising revenue, both directly and indirectly (by deterring future tax cheating): “An additional $1 spent auditing taxpayers above the 90th income percentile yields more than $12 in revenue, while audits of below-median income taxpayers yield $5.”