Black Americans are 5 times more likely to be tax audited than any other group

[8WON6]

Black Americans more likely to be audited by the IRS than any other race

A new study suggests ways the IRS could solve an algorithmic bias that has harmed low-income and Black taxpayers.

www.cbsnews.com

Black Americans are up to five times more likely to have their federal tax returns audited than taxpayers of other races, according to a new study released this week.

With the IRS now accepting tax returns, the study provides evidence that some Americans have a greater risk of seeing an audit, a process that often delays refund checks.

The higher audit rate for Black taxpayers is due to a flawed AI algorithm relied on by the IRS to decide who gets audited, the study's authors said. The study, which taps data from more than 148 million anonymous returns and 780,000 audits, offers suggestions for how the IRS might fix the disparity, including focusing on auditing filers with complicated returns.

"The IRS should drill down to understand and modify its existing audit selection methods to mitigate the disparity we've documented," said Stanford University law professor Daniel Ho, who co-wrote the study. "And we've shown they can do that without necessarily sacrificing tax revenue."

 

[DaddyFresh]

“flawed” algorithm. Sounds like a feature not a bug.

 

[Wig Twistin Season]

Are we supposed to be surprised that AI made by racists is racist?

 

[OperationNumbNutts]

Black people should name their sons Bob. Problem solved.

 

[tuckgod]

Surprise surprise

 

[ORDER_66]

Not surprised they often go after taxes from the poor because we can't fight it like rich white people in court...it's literally preferential treatment...

 

[jwinfield]

Not surprised they often go after taxes from the poor because we can't fight it like rich white people in court...it's literally preferential treatment...

Big reason Republicans are against the IRS hiring more people.

 

[Son Goku]

Black people should name their sons Bob. Problem solved.

I got a "white" name but my skin blacker than the mark of Cain.


Never been audited and don't pay shyt in federal taxes (zero state).

 

[Cadillac]

knew a few people(all black americans) who were audited to

 

[Koli_Kat]

Man even the fukking tax system is racist. The game is rigged. Sometimes I hate this country

 

[Heafcliffe]

Not surprised

 

[DonB90]

And Biden just hired 60,000 more IRS agente, but its ok they're not going to do anymore audits on the lower class then they were before cause that's what Biden said

 

[The Amerikkkan Idol]

Literally EVERY institution in this motherfukking country is stacked against us.

And then they tell us that we don't deserve reparations

 

[Lord_nikon]

sounds about right

 

[GreenGhxst]

A lot of that is racism, but some of that is nikkas making the block hot.