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2023-10-31 23:57:24 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

“The audit rate for average, hard-working taxpayers will not be increasing, and these rates are at historical lows. People who get W-2 forms or receive most of their income from Social Security or have a small business should not be worrying about some new wave of IRS audits.“ https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/written-testimony-of-daniel-werfel-commissioner-internal-revenue-service-before-the-hoac-subcommittees-on-government-operations-and-the-federal-workforce-and-health-care-and-financial-services-and-irs-operations

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• “The audit rate for average, hard-working taxpayers will not be increasing, and these rates are at historical lows. People who get W-2 forms or receive most of their income from Social Security or have a small business should not be worrying about some new wave of IRS audits.“ https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/written-testimony-of-daniel-werfel-commissioner-internal-revenue-service-before-the-hoac-subcommittees-on-government-operations-and-the-federal-workforce-and-health-care-and-financial-services-and-irs-operations