[marwatk]

> IRS accomplished over 650 thousand audits last year by jacking up its already high reliance on so called “correspondence audits” – essentially a letter from the IRS asking for documentation on a specific line item on a return.

I can't imagine those are very expensive.

[missedthecue]

~19 cents in postage and a few cents more for the envelope and letter.

[mrguyorama]

Is the IRS not postage exempt?

[missedthecue]

"USPS bills the IRS monthly via the Intra-governmental Payment and Collection (IPAC) system for one-twelfth of the yearly postage estimate"

https://www.irs.gov/irm/part1/irm_01-022-004