IRS Face-to Face Audits of Corporate Returns

Fiscal Year
Rate per 1,000 Returns*
All Corporations
Largest ($250,000,000
or more in assets)
1992
29.0 546
1993
29.7 555
1994
21.3 547
1995
19.6 509
1996
22.8 484
1997
26.2 459
1998
20.4 373
1999
15.1 347
2000
10.7 305
2001
8.9 314
2002
8.8 337
2003
7.3 290
2004
6.5 381

Source: internal IRS AIMS reports and IRS Data Books, 1999 - 2004.

*Taxable corporations; excludes S-corporations.


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