I.R.S. Changes Audit Practice That Discriminated Against Black Taxpayers
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on September 18, 2023
The Internal Revenue Service is overhauling how it scrutinizes the tax returns of lower-income Americans as part of an effort to reduce enforcement disparities that have made Black taxpayers far more likely than anyone else to be audited.
At the center of this effort is a major change to how the I.R.S. conducts audits of recipients of the