According to the IRS, an audit is simply a review of your accounts "to ensure information is reported correctly according to ...

Be careful rushing through your taxes to get your refund faster. A mistake could bring you an audit instead. Here's how to avoid an audit.

The possibility that the IRS can audit forever is chilling. Consider your audit exposure before you file. For example, if you don’t sign your return, the IRS does not consider it a valid tax return.

Tax audits, which affect less than 0.4% of returns, are triggered by discrepancies flagged via an IRS statistical formula. Common triggers include incomplete returns, math errors, inaccurate ...