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How the Internal Revenue Service Selects Individual Income Tax Returns for Audit

GGD-76-55 Published: Nov 05, 1976. Publicly Released: Nov 05, 1976.
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GAO reviewed the process used by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to select individual tax returns for audit.

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Tax Policy and Administration
Eligibility criteriaEvaluation methodsPlanningTax administrationTax evasionTax return auditsTax returnsTaxpayersVoluntary complianceTaxes