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Originally Posted by Boilerman

And here’s a study that shows otherwise:

The paper, “A Welfare Analysis of Tax Audits Across the Income Distributed,” published in June, is based on an analysis of about 710,000 in-person audits of individuals from 2010 to 2014. The researchers found that an additional $1 spent on audits of top earners (taxpayers above the 90th income percentile) brings in over $12 in revenue.

In addition, there is increased revenue that comes indirectly, as higher income taxpayers are less aggressive with their tax returns when they know they’ll likely be audited. This is harder to measure.

I tend to agree.