The IRS is auditing EITC recipients instead of high earners

Because of pressure from Manafort's party, the IRS devotes 36% of its audit resources chasing EITC recipients who typically earn about 20K per year and account for a fraction of income tax evasion. Reduces chances that the Manafort's of the world are ever captured. https://t.co/GN9rF5y1lt

— Don Moynihan (@donmoyn) March 8, 2019