While the IRS audits only 1% of taxpayers overall, those odds rose to 7% for people with income between $1 million and $5 million last year. About 21% of taxpayers with income between $5 million and $10 million were audited, and 30% of people making $10 million or more were dealt audits.
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"The rich is where the new focus is, and it's because of one reason -- it's generating extra income for the IRS," said Georgetown's Cooke. "And because upper income filers tend to have a lot more complicated returns, that makes it easier for the IRS to go after them."
From pet pigs to Playboy magazines, here are some of the most outlandish deductions taxpayers have tried to slip past the IRS.
