D.C. one of the most likely places for potential tax cheats

[longknife]

Posted: Apr 15, 2013, By Associated Press

Worried the Internal Revenue Service might target you for an audit? You probably should be if you own a small business in one of the wealthy suburbs of Los Angeles.

You might also be wary if you're a small-business owner in one of dozens of communities near San Francisco, Houston, Atlanta or the District of Columbia.

A new study by the National Taxpayer Advocate used confidential IRS data to show large clusters of potential tax cheats in these five metropolitan areas. The IRS uses the information to target taxpayers for audits.

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[konradv]

The wealthier an area, the more incentive there is to cheat. The S.MD/DC/N.VA region is one of the wealthiest in the nation. Hardly surprising that the IRS targets the area.