Tax audit frequently asked questions
In 2008, about 1.4 million taxpayers were chosen for audit. This represents about 1% of the 140 million tax returns filed -- pretty good odds. Of those, about two-thirds were correspondence, or "paper" audits, and the remaining one third were field or "in person" audits. Even though the numbers of taxpayers audited are fairly low, anxiety about tax audits remains high. Below, we tackle some of the most frequently asked tax audit questions:
