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Politics and the IRS. (Politics).(Brief Article)
Marilyn Young, Michael Rekuslak, and William Shughart, "The Political Economy of the IRS," in Economics & Politics (July 2001), Blackwell Publishers, 350 Main Street, Malden, Massachusetts 02148
The Internal Revenue Service claims that it enforces our tax laws fairly. But business school professors Marilyn Young, Michael Rekuslak, and William Shughart uncover evidence that politics seems to come into play.
Comparing IRS auditing data from 1991 to 1997, they find that "The percentage of tax returns audited by the IRS is markedly lower in states that are important to the sitting ...
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