The IRS audits Black taxpayers at least three times more than non-Black taxpayers, according to a paper from Stanford University's RegLab.
Drastic disparities in audits of those who claim Earned Income Tax Credit
Black taxpayers made up 21% of Earned Income Tax Credit claims and accounted for 43% of EITC audits, the analysis found. They suspected part of the problem lies in algorithms the IRS uses, such as the Dependent Database. The program flags potential tax problems and creates audit letters that go to impacted taxpayers.
"We're not treating the dollar that is going towards the Earned Income Tax Credit as the same dollar that might be evaded by a high-income taxpayer," Ho said."If we treated those similarly, our evidence shows that the disparity would go down significantly."
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