Of course I am no expert but for those who have already filed, how hard could it be to write an algorithm looking for singles under $75,000, married under $150,000 ( which they already have to do anyway, right? ), who filed a w-2 suggesting they had a job? I would think it could be done in a matter of days. Still wouldn't be all I wanted since not everybody who filed with a W-2 lost their job but at least people like me who did not file a W-2 indicating that I was not working and therefore could not have lost a job, would be excluded.Very little is checked in detail when you first file. At some point in time after that, suspicious information on the filing will be looked at in detail. Some people with really questionable information will be audited, approximately .5%. I was once told that if you aren't audited by August, you are safe. I have been audited once in my lifetime and it was many months after filing.
I had my income tax check in the bank, direct deposit filed electronically within 3 weeks of filing. Originally Posted by HedonistForever
Since almost all of us file electronically, I wonder how easy it is to bring together all the relevant taxpayer information. I used to send all of it in to the IRS by mail.