alt Hacker NewsThis is an extremely common misconception (or lie, depending on who's saying it). The IRS, even before the cuts, targets exclusively the middle class.
More agents = more middle class shake downs.
63% of the IRS' audits under the Biden admin targeted those earning sub-$200K.
People earning $25K a year are MORE likely to be audited than those earning $200K, too.
> 63% of the IRS' audits under the Biden admin targeted those earning sub-$200K.
In 2022 92.3% of filers reported income of less than $200K [0]. An audit rate of 63% is lower than what one would expect if audit-attracting behavior was evenly distributed across the population.
0. https://www.irs.gov/statistics/soi-tax-stats-individual-stat...