2007-01-20 16:52:41 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ United States
No. Besides why should it matter if you get audited if you aren't cheating on your taxes? It's kind of fun!!!! LOL. Ok I accept not everyone is like me.
When the IRS assigns scores to return to rate whether to audit them or not they have no way of knowing if they are in school, except for maybe certain type of deduction or credits, but most of those have forms from the school like 1098-T so they have more confidence the amounts are correct.
Unless you have a high risk return and are saving tons of taxes using some high risk tax shelter I wouldn't worry about being audited.
It can happen but small businesses have a lot more opportunities for abuse than a student.
2007-01-20 17:00:02 · answer #1 · answered by Nusha 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The IRS does not really let people know what can trigger an audit, but in the 13 years that I have been the office manager of a tax office I can only recall a few letters (not an audit) sent to people with children. These people had claimed Earned Income Credit and met several other criteria that the IRS was looking for, so they wanted the people to prove that they really had children that they could claim on their tax returns. One of the ways they could prove that they were entitled to claim these children is to provide school records which showed their names and addresses.
I can't imagine that the fact of having children in school or not, home schooled or traditional schooling, would trigger an audit.
2007-01-21 01:01:14 · answer #2 · answered by TeddyTexas 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
2007-01-21 00:59:18 · answer #3 · answered by Judy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋