alt Hacker NewsHow many of those <25k audits were completely automated? Going after the poor with an automated script at scale is basically free money for a government without compassion.
How many of those <25k audits were completely automated? Going after the poor with an automated script at scale is basically free money for a government without compassion.
It's not "going after" the poor. You have to be out-right negligent to end up with any penalty at all, and the penalties involved are relatively small (20% of how much extra you owed them anyway). The vast majority of these low-income audits consist of "hey, we know you made money X, you didn't report it on your taxes. Fix it".