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How the IRS went soft on billionaires and corporate tax cheats - ICIJ

www.icij.org How the IRS went soft on billionaires and corporate tax cheats - ICIJ

Newly obtained data shows the IRS division that audits corporations and the ultrarich flagged no more than 22 possible tax crimes over the past five years — roughly 40 times fewer criminal referrals than from the unit covering small businesses.

How the IRS went soft on billionaires and corporate tax cheats - ICIJ

I was putting butchers, bakers and candlestick makers in jail, but the big stuff we really wanted to go after was being ignored. — former IRS agent Michael Welu

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