IRS District Audits of Federal Income Tax Returns Filed by Corporations

Return Type/Income Class	Percent of Returns Audited
	Fiscal Year
	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997	1996	1995	1994	1993	1992
All 1120 Returns	0.89	1.07	1.51	2.04	2.62	2.28	1.96	2.13	2.97	2.90
No Balance Sheet	0.41	0.47	0.62	0.86	1.05	1.02	0.89	0.94	1.25	1.14
< $250,000 Assets	0.24	0.28	0.44	0.75	1.16	0.99	0.75	0.78	1.29	1.18
$250,000 < $1 Million Assets	0.76	1.07	1.65	2.49	3.49	2.71	2.14	2.42	4.03	4.00
$1 Million < $5 Million Assets	1.98	2.90	4.86	6.35	7.72	6.57	5.96	7.00	9.59	9.93
$5 Million < $10 Million Assets	5.13	6.84	10.09	13.44	15.98	13.95	14.72	15.66	19.31	18.78
S10 Million < $50 Million Assets	9.29	11.57	14.75	17.74	19.97	19.67	19.61	22.20	23.26	23.20
$50 Million < $100 Million Assets	11.95	14.27	16.05	17.53	19.25	20.75	21.49	24.29	25.38	28.48
$100 Million < $250 Million Assets	17.13	17.20	18.51	19.00	22.53	26.78	27.78	30.63	32.28	31.31
$250 Million Assets or more	31.36	30.51	34.55	37.27	45.86	48.38	50.92	54.68	55.52	54.63

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