Why are 20% of those filing for EITC audited&only 5%of those earning $1million or more per year are audited?

Question

Unpaid taxes are as much a burden to law-abiding taxpayers as any spending item. People who withhold taxes they owe are stealing from the government in the same way as someone who falsely files for TANF benefits, except the sums are likely much larger. The IRS estimated that in 2001, more than $340 billion in taxes went unpaid, an amount that is roughly equal to 20 times federal spending on TANF in that year.
1) Tax collections should be serious (the IRS must get tough with people who lie and cheat) and it should focus on the people who owe the most money. Only 1 in 20 people who earn more than $1 million a year get audited. By contrast, 1 in 5 people who file for the earned income tax credit (EITC) has their returns reviewed. The most that anyone can cheat the government out of on the EITC is $4,500 a year.

Shouldn't we be going after the BIG fish?
Who's really going to cheat the government out of more money? I think we ALL know the answer to that one...
Thoughts?

Really? $340 BILLION ($340,000,000,000) in unpaid taxes and you're worried about $4500.00 per family? It would take 75,555,555 families cheating the US government to reach the $340 BILLION dollar figure. That would mean 25% of the US population (300,000,000) would be filing for EITC. Why are you more intersted in going after the little fish instead of the BIG fish?

Answer 1

the answer is simple.

our govt is corrupt.

if you have more money, you are more likely to get away with crimes, like not paying your taxes.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

cause more people cheat the eitc than anything else


people can cheat the system for more than $4,500- say there is 8 children maother can claim two, father claim two, granfather claim two, grandmother claim 2

your looking at $18,000- yes this happens alot

its more common for smaller families to commit this fraud

I assume its prob easier to catch the eic cheaters than going after the others which will eventually get caught.

Answer 4

that's simple....the democrats need to get as much money out of the poor folks as they get from the rich...hence a bigger proportion of audits in order to make it equal!