Improvements in Targeting of IRS Correspondence Audits FY 2001 vs FY 2006
  Number Audits No Change Audits Percent Productive* Improvement
Rate**
FY 2001 FY 2006 FY 2001 FY 2006 FY 2001 FY 2006
Non Business
(TPI)
< $25,000 (1040A type) 327,267 154,478 49,263 17,936 84.9% 88.4% 4.1%
< $25,000 other 41,316 290,680 8,928 44,167 78.4% 84.8% 8.2%
$25,000 < $50,000 34,853 149,155 9,063 24,106 74.0% 83.8% 13.3%
$50,000 < $100,000 24,922 102,538 7,984 29,208 68.0% 71.5% 5.2%
$100,000 or more 30,311 110,433 10,712 26,995 64.7% 75.6% 16.9%
Subtotal: NonBusiness 458,669 807,284 85,950 142,412 81.3% 82.4% 1.4%
Business
Sch. C
(TGR)
< $25,000 TGR 55,527 108,578 8,628 12,406 84.5% 88.6% 4.9%
$25,000 < $100,000 TGR 15,953 46,917 4,643 7,751 70.9% 83.5% 17.7%
$100,000 TGR or more 5,733 35,325 2,021 4,331 64.7% 87.7% 35.5%
Subtotal: Schedule C Business 77,213 190,820 15,292 24,488 80.2% 87.2% 8.7%
Farm
Sch. F
(TGR)
< $100,000 TGR 882 897 201 254 77.2% 71.7% -7.2%
$100,000 TGR or more 1,071 586 191 252 82.2% 57.0 -30.6%
Subtotal: Schedule F Farm 1,953 1,483 392 506 79.9% 65.9% -17.6%
Total: 537,835 999,587 101,634 167,406 81.1% 83.3% 2.7%

* Percent of audits that result in a recommended tax change.
 
** Percent improvement is calculated as the difference in percent productive between FY 2001 and FY 2006 relative to proportion productive in FY 2001.



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