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  not really it’s more Systematic classicism than anything else, Black Americans are more likely to be audited than other races because the IRS targets poorer tax filers more (which is majority African American, caused by Systematic faults). 
  Since the IRS agents didn’t know the race of the ones they’re auditing, it wouldn’t be racism or atleast it wouldn’t be intentional racism on the IRS’s part.
context: I would prefer a world where the IRS has a website I can go to, see what I owe/am owed, fix the situation, and move on. >
  
  Thank TurboTax and h and r block for this shit >
  
  Also, the Congress requires that the IRS audit EIC filers to make sure they aren’t scamming the system. Of course, if you are claiming the credit you are lower income…
  The Congress is totally and completely at fault for this. >
  
  FTFA: 
  "The researchers said there's no evidence that IRS agents — who don't see the race of a tax filer — are purposely discriminating against Black Americans."
  The IRS doesn't know their race, the people doing the study don't know their race.
  This is a study saying Black Americans are more likely to be audited.... and the people doing the study literally DO NOT KNOW the race of the subjects in the study. They are guessing.
  This is 100% bullshit science.
  The reality, from the study, is:
  
  The IRS targets those who lie on their taxes.
  The IRS targets lower income people.
  
  The study then ASSUMES this means more of those targeted by the IRS are Black.
  IT.IS.GARBAGE.
  And kinda racist. >
  
  So... they're saying that African Americans disproportionately cheat on taxes?! >
  
  Worse, they are saying that they ASSUME people who cheat on their taxes are probably Black. >
  
  Worse, they are saying that they ASSUME people who cheat on their taxes are probably Black.
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  Is is a requirement that to be on Reddit means stupidity is your default position?
  There are other explanations that have been voiced here. Read them. >
  
  Because H&r  block is trash and are not CPAs. Our company makes people redo their taxes all the time because H&R Block tells people to file incorrectly. That’s my take >
  
  do you have to put your race on tax forms? >
  
  No.  But, because the IRS has not had the resources to go after wealthy tax dodgers who have the money to fight audits, they have been targeting tax payer cohorts that are largely populated by African Americans.
  This has likely not been wilful targeting, but systemic inequalities have precipitated this scenario. >
  
  
  No.  But, because the IRS has not had the resources to go after wealthy tax dodgers who have the money to fight audits
  
  Because dodging taxes isn't illegal.
  The wealthy generally pay a lot of money to a lot of accountants to make sure that their books are 100% within the law.
  There is literally nothing the IRS can do to stop people from following the law.
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  Heres the ironic thing. You want the IRS to have more resources? Guess who will bear the burden of the IRS having more resources.
  Will the IRS bring to justice those people who, morally or immorally, are following the law? Or those who are breaking the law?
  If the IRS had infinite funding... would it result in more African Americans getting audited? or would it result in more rich people getting audited? >
  
  
  Because dodging taxes isn't illegal.
  
  hahahahahaha
  Oh wait, you were serious, let me laugh harder
  HAHAHAHAHA >
  
  "Because
  neither we nor the IRS observe taxpayer race, we propose and employ a novel partial
  identification strategy to estimate these differences." >
  
  There's no suggestion in the article that they know the race. It's a correlation, not a causation. >
  
  Why are black Americans attracting attention from the IRS? >
  
  That's what the article is about: read it? >
  
  Are they raising some flags with crazy claims! >
  
  Something something institutional something something racism. >
  
  So more evidence of systemic racism