Black CPAs: IRS must end higher audit rates for Black taxpayers

By Martha Waggoner

Black CPAs were not surprised at the results of a study showing that the IRS is up to 4.7 times more likely to audit Black taxpayers than non-Black ones. They already knew that from their work with clients.

And now that research, led by Stanford University, confirms their anecdotal experience, it is time to change the U.S. tax system to one that is fairer and not targeted — intentionally or unintentionally — at Black people, they say.

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