By mapping audit costs and returns across the income spectrum, he continued, “We saw very clear evidence that the return from audits at the top of the income distribution really exceeded by quite a bit the returns at the bottom of the income distribution.” With the top 10 percent of earners, they found, audits have the potential to return more than $12 for each $1 spent.
thank you for sharing! i'm having trouble finding it but the explanation i gave i believe was one given by the IRS commissioner in some hearing which i took at face value, but this seems like a much more thorough analysis
By mapping audit costs and returns across the income spectrum, he continued, “We saw very clear evidence that the return from audits at the top of the income distribution really exceeded by quite a bit the returns at the bottom of the income distribution.” With the top 10 percent of earners, they found, audits have the potential to return more than $12 for each $1 spent.
https://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2023/07/turns-out...