Introduction

Lori Luzaraga: What do taxes have to do with race and identity? Gene Dembe: Well, as it turns out, conduct everything. The study also uncovered that the IRS is way more likely to audit lower income earners who claim certain tax benefits. That's in part because it's just cheaper and easier for a cash-drap agency like the IRS to go after folks like them Because they're kind of the lightest lift.