[jonathankoren]

We know why the IRS disproportionately audits low income people, because the IRS Commissioner said so. It’s a result of intentional budget cutting on enforcement. They don’t enough investigators, so they go with the easiest to audit, people making less than $20,000.

This is a policy decision from top to bottom.

https://www.propublica.org/article/irs-sorry-but-its-just-ea...

[pclmulqdq]

Your own source links to an article which says that people whose incomes are over $1 million are much more likely to be audited than EITC recipients. $500k to $1 million is when your taxes start to really get complicated.

Honestly, if that's where the cheating takes place, they should go for it. It is disingenuous to say that they get audited more than the wealthy, though. Because they don't.