IRS Purge of Bias in Low-Income Audits Threatened by GOP Cuts

Stung by research showing Black taxpayers may be audited at higher rates than their counterparts, the IRS efforts to correct any system bias now face a hairy future under a Republican administration and Congress.

While the IRS said it expects to give an update on its pilots of the earned income tax credit system in the near future, funding cuts promised after a Republican sweep of Congress and the White House could derail headway.

Tens of billions in extra funding from the 2022 tax-and-climate law known as the Inflation Reduction Act intended to help the IRS catch up after ...