Article: Major New IRS Study Of The "Tax Gap" Signals Increased Audits For S Corporations, Partnerships And High-Income Taxpayers

Article: Low income taxpayers targeted as audit rates ...
Accounting Today;  July 8, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... exposure for upper-income taxpayers - they're less likely ... likely to involve low income taxpayers. This shift in emphasis ... close the so-called tax gap," because audits ... involving the lowest-income taxpayers. On the other hand ...

Article: IRS to audit more higher-income taxpayers.
Newsday (Melville, NY);  March 30, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... enforcement is to narrow the so-called tax gap, which the agency estimates ranged ... latest figures available. The tax gap measures the amount of taxes owed ... Son of Boss." Audits of high-income taxpayers -- those making more than $100 ...

Article: IRS Focus on High-Income Taxpayers
AP Online;  September 12, 2002 ;     592 words ... ... most threat to the system. The IRS estimates the nation's tax gap, the difference between income taxes that should be paid ... beginning stages of an audit. Focusing more audits on higher-income taxpayers would also alter the perception that the IRS pays greater ...

Article: US plans to focus audits on high-income taxpayers
Xinhua News Agency;  September 12, 2002 ;     351 words ...US plans to focus audits on high-income taxpayers WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- The US Internal Revenue ... major problems. The IRS estimates that the nation's "tax gap," the difference between income taxes that should be paid ...

Transcript: TAX GAP:MICHAEL BROSTEK
Congressional Testimony;  July 26, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... likely result in a smaller tax gap if the new system has ... potential to reduce the tax gap by billions of dollars ... largest contributor to the tax gap-- underreported income ... compliance because the income taxpayers earn is transparent to ...

Article: IRS UPDATES TAX GAP ESTIMATES
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 14, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... about $68 billion to the tax gap. Since 2001, the year ... enforcement and reduce the tax gap. The IRS increased its ... 2005. Audits of high-income taxpayers - those earning $100 ... to Begin Addressing the Tax Gap The President's FY 2007 ...

Transcript: BRIDGING THE TAX GAP:MS. NINA E. OLSON
Congressional Testimony;  July 21, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... returns. Each of the tax gap components presents its ... key components of the tax gap have been identified and ... individuals and on low-income taxpayers who receive the Earned ... over 40 percent) of the tax gap arises from the underreporting ...