IRS Releases Data on Fiscal Year 2007 Audits, Enforcement, and Web Services
On January 17, 2008, the IRS released its Fiscal Year 2007 Enforcement and Services Results. Here are the the highlights:
- Enforcement revenue in 2007 increased 21.6% ($59.2 billion) from 2006 ($48.7 billion).
- Audits of individuals increased by 7.0% (1,384,563) from 2006 (1,293,681), the most individual audits since 1998. The audit increase was most prevalent among higher income individuals:
- > $1 million: Audits increased 84.4% (31,382) from 2006 (17,015).
- > $200,000: Audits increased 29.2% (113,105) from 2006 (87,885).
- > $100,000: Audits increased 13.7% (293,188) from 2006 (257,851).
- Audits of businesses increased by 14.0% (59,516) from 2006 (52,223). The audit increase was due to the IRS's efforts to target flow-through entities and mid-market corporations ($10-$50 million of assets):
- S corporation audits increased 26.4% (17,681) from 2006 (13,984).
- Partnership audits increased 24.7% (12,195) from 2006 (9,777).
- Mid-market corporation audits increased 6.0% (4,473) from 2006 (4,218).
- Taxpayer services:
- 57% of individuals e-filed their returns in 2007, compared to 54% in 2006.
- Hits to the IRS's website increased 10.5% (217 million) from 2006.
- Individuals used the Where’s my Refund? system 32.1 million times in 2007, up 30% from 2006 (24.7 million).
- The IRS's accuracy rate was 91% on tax law questions answered through its toll-free telephone service, the same rate as 2006.
- The IRS had a 94% customer satisfaction rating for its toll-free telephone service.
For the complete data, the IRS enforcement table can be found here. An explanation of the data in chart form can be found here.
