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IRS Audited Black Taxpayers More Frequently Reportedly Due to Algorithm
The IRS was auditing Black taxpayers more frequently than other groups allegedly due to the design of their algorithms, focusing on easier-to-conduct audits which inadvertently correlated with the group's pattern of tax filing errors.
- Date it happened
- 2008-07-18
- Organisation involved
- Internal Revenue Service
- Product, system or model
- The IRS's audit selection algorithms automate selecting returns for audit. The algorithms disproportionately flag tax returns with potential errors in the claiming of certain tax credits, like the ear
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