IRS Face-to-Face Audits of Federal Income Tax Returns Filed by Corporations

Return Type/Income Class	Percent of Returns Audited
	Fiscal Year
	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997	1996	1995	1994	1993	1992
All 1120 Returns	1.24	1.07	1.05	0.65	0.73	0.88	0.89	1.07	1.51	2.04	2.62	2.28	1.96	2.13	2.97	2.90
No Balance Sheet	0.43	0.45	0.41	0.23	0.33	0.37	0.41	0.47	0.62	0.86	1.05	1.02	0.89	0.94	1.25	1.14
< $250,000 Assets	0.69	0.49	0.53	0.18	0.22	0.23	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	1.25	0.85	0.87	0.34	0.63	0.75	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	1.60	1.12	0.91	0.60	1.50	2.03	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	2.91	3.27	2.35	1.90	3.25	4.48	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	14.72	13.96	11.43	8.85	5.85	7.51	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	10.85	13.37	15.46	12.10	9.45	10.39	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	11.52	13.66	16.75	15.94	12.19	15.54	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	26.29	34.17	42.56	38.06	28.98	33.68	31.36	30.51	34.55	37.27	45.86	48.38	50.92	54.68	55.52	54.63

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