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The IRS An abbreviation for the Internal Revenue Service, a federal agency charged with the responsibility of administering and enforcing internal revenue laws.  collected a record $48.7 billion in enforcement revenue in fiscal-year (FY) 2006, but, according to according to
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, the increase did not come at the expense of compromising taxpayer services.

The Service will continue to improve collection efforts and plans to pay particular attention to high-income high-in·come
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Statistics: The individual audit rate rose to 0.98% during FY 2006, compared with 0.93% in FY 2005. Audit rates for high-income individuals increased during FY 2006. A total of 1.67% of individuals claiming income of $100,000 or more were audited during the fiscal year, while nearly 1 in 16 individuals claiming $1 million or more in income were audited. Persons claiming incomes of less than $100,000 were audited 0.89% of the time.

Audits of companies with assets of less than $10 million, S corporations and partnerships all increased during FY 2006, compared with FY 2005.

Examinations of companies with assets of more than $10 million decreased 7.5%, to 18.6% generally; for companies with assets of more than $250 million, audits decreased about 25%, to 35.3%. The decreases were due to experienced examiners spending time "Spending Time" is the first single released by Christian artist Stellar Kart.

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Overall, revenue from enforcement actions rose to a record $48.7 billion, an increase from $47.3 billion in FY 2005.

Collection revenue increased to $28.2 billion and document-matching revenue rose to $3.3 billion; audit revenue decreased from $17.7 billion to $17.2 billion.
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Title Annotation:FROM THE IRS
Author:Laffie, Lesli S.
Publication:The Tax Adviser
Date:Feb 1, 2007
Words:253
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