Since this thread was resurrected:
The OP unfortunately misrepresents what's happening here. I'll assume because the OP doesn't really understand what was written.
- By last December the IRS decided that it wouldn't begin tracking its progress until later this year. That's because the agency has been slow to shift its focus to high-income taxpayers, who make up a small share of total filings.
- This means that the IRS knew last year that it would take time to shift to the $400k filings and that we should wait until later in 2024. <---- That's important.
- As of last summer, 63% of new audits targeted taxpayers with income of less than $200,000.
- Note the date. Last summer would be the summer of 2023.
- In December of 2023, the IRS said they wouldn't have good data until later in 2024...which has not occurred yet.
So, the summer 2023 data does not reflect what the IRS is actually accomplishing because the IRS said it would take time to shift their focus. It's like someone saying your house will be built in 2025 and you start bitching because it's not done in 2024.
I hope people are reading these things in great detail before they start throwing partisan bullshit around and they just don't understand what they've read as opposed to intentionally misrepresenting the information.