Odds of IRS District Tax Audit 1999 1040A Returns with Total Positive Income less than $25,000 Districts in Rank Order

(Click on District Name for Detailed Data)

Region	District	Number of Returns Audited	Percent Audited	Rank
	United States	76,618	0.17	-
Western Region	Southern California	5,722	0.40	1
Southeast Region	Gulf Coast	8,346	0.38	2
Northeast Region	Manhattan	2,108	0.37	3
Midstates Region	Houston	2,861	0.35	4
Western Region	Southwest	4,289	0.32	5
Midstates Region	North Central	2,680	0.29	6
Western Region	Central California	2,746	0.28	7
Southeast Region	Delaware-Maryland	2,541	0.25	8
Southeast Region	South Florida	2,596	0.23	9
Midstates Region	North Texas	2,908	0.21	10
Northeast Region	Connecticut-Rhode Island	1,312	0.21	11
Western Region	Northern California	2,353	0.20	12
Southeast Region	Georgia	2,485	0.19	13
Midstates Region	Midwest	2,715	0.18	14
Midstates Region	Kansas-Missouri	2,252	0.17	15
Midstates Region	South Texas	2,205	0.17	16
Midstates Region	Illinois	3,107	0.16	17
Midstates Region	Arkansas-Oklahoma	1,398	0.14	18
Southeast Region	Kentucky-Tennessee	2,262	0.14	19
Northeast Region	Brooklyn	1,246	0.13	20
Southeast Region	North Florida	1,965	0.13	21
Western Region	Rocky Mountain	1,475	0.11	22
Southeast Region	Indiana	1,136	0.11	23
Northeast Region	Pennsylvania	2,251	0.11	24
Western Region	Los Angeles	1,274	0.11	25
Western Region	Pacific Northwest	1,725	0.11	26
Northeast Region	New Jersey	1,133	0.10	27
Southeast Region	North-South Carolina	1,993	0.09	28
Northeast Region	Upstate New York	991	0.09	29
Northeast Region	New England	1,274	0.09	30
Southeast Region	Virginia-West Virginia	1,051	0.08	31
Northeast Region	Ohio	1,279	0.06	32
Northeast Region	Michigan	939	0.06	33

Note: IRS district audits do not include tax audits conducted by IRS service centers. Detail for additional income categories and return types is available on TRACFED.
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