Odds of Audit for Large Corporations
Total Assets $250 Million or More

[IRS withholding area/territory data for 2001]


IRS District
Percent of Returns Audited
Fiscal Year*
2001 2000 1998-
2000
1995-
1997
1992-
1994
U.S.
30.51 33.94 48.29 54.94
Upstate New York 78.00 72.81 71.90 63.37
Arkansas-Oklahoma 47.73 45.78 68.32 74.38
Connecticut-Rhode Island 44.46 52.97 57.86 51.77
North Texas 43.04 39.69 44.81 86.35
Michigan 42.35 55.51 77.23 70.75
Southern California 42.14 44.51 46.00 47.76
Kansas-Missouri 42.00 41.39 51.94 60.76
Pacific-Northwest 40.20 39.48 46.47 46.53
North-South Carolina 40.00 42.17 76.66 68.84
Central California 39.55 41.41 35.77 50.00
North Central 39.38 38.13 55.47 69.37
North Florida 38.18 41.61 59.62 66.84
South Florida 38.00 40.24 58.31 44.75
Illinois 35.39 33.21 44.27 42.47
Brooklyn 34.50 40.19 62.93 64.65
Los Angeles 34.38 43.51 61.62 62.96
Ohio 34.09 48.71 71.20 85.61
Midwest 33.97 38.75 62.39 72.52
Georgia 33.00 27.32 44.39 63.06
South Texas 31.50 25.74 27.88 50.48
Gulf Coast 31.00 32.91 84.19 87.86
Indiana 28.85 34.61 66.25 80.69
Kentucky-Tennessee 28.64 35.86 57.32 83.77
Rocky Mountain 28.20 29.50 39.70 78.98
Southwest 26.25 22.73 26.09 53.17
New Jersey 25.21 34.37 64.52 71.91
Pennsylvania 22.85 25.94 47.16 48.52
Houston 21.92 25.77 40.90 54.78
Manhattan 20.00 25.48 36.60 34.30
Northern California 20.00 33.45 35.01 43.88
New England 15.99 18.54 24.40 30.96
Virginia-West Virginia 13.42 33.37 69.86 59.20
Delaware-Maryland 10.50 20.00 34.76 37.70


*Fiscal year 2000 is the annualized rate based upon first 8 months.
Other rates based upon annual average over three-year time spans.
For current IRS district boundaries, see description and map.

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