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Where in The U.S. Are You Most Likely to Be Audited by the IRS?
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 1013" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://projects.propublica.org/graphics/eitc-audit" target="_blank"><strong>Where in The U.S. Are You Most Likely to Be Audited by the IRS? - ProPublica</strong></a></p><p></p><p>Humphreys County, Mississippi, seems like an odd place for the IRS to go hunting for tax cheats. It’s a rural county in the Mississippi Delta known for its catfish farms, and more than a third of its mostly African American residents are below the poverty line. But according to a new study, it is the most heavily audited county in America. </p><p></p><p>In a baffling twist of logic, the intense IRS focus on Humphreys County is actually because so many of its taxpayers are poor. More than half of the county’s taxpayers claim the earned income tax credit, a program designed to help boost low-income workers out of poverty. As we reported last year, <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/earned-income-tax-credit-irs-audit-working-poor" target="_blank">the IRS audits EITC recipients at higher rates than all but the richest Americans</a>, a response to pressure from congressional Republicans to root out incorrect payments of the credit.</p><p></p><p>The study estimates that Humphreys, with a median annual household income of just $26,000, is audited at a rate 51 percent higher than Loudoun County, Virginia, which boasts a median income of $130,000, the highest in the country.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 1013, member: 1"] [URL='https://projects.propublica.org/graphics/eitc-audit'][B]Where in The U.S. Are You Most Likely to Be Audited by the IRS? - ProPublica[/B][/URL] Humphreys County, Mississippi, seems like an odd place for the IRS to go hunting for tax cheats. It’s a rural county in the Mississippi Delta known for its catfish farms, and more than a third of its mostly African American residents are below the poverty line. But according to a new study, it is the most heavily audited county in America. In a baffling twist of logic, the intense IRS focus on Humphreys County is actually because so many of its taxpayers are poor. More than half of the county’s taxpayers claim the earned income tax credit, a program designed to help boost low-income workers out of poverty. As we reported last year, [URL='https://www.propublica.org/article/earned-income-tax-credit-irs-audit-working-poor']the IRS audits EITC recipients at higher rates than all but the richest Americans[/URL], a response to pressure from congressional Republicans to root out incorrect payments of the credit. The study estimates that Humphreys, with a median annual household income of just $26,000, is audited at a rate 51 percent higher than Loudoun County, Virginia, which boasts a median income of $130,000, the highest in the country. [/QUOTE]
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