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Data released today indicates that the Internal Revenue Service increased its audits of workers below the poverty line by almost fifty percent last year. Among individuals applying for the earned-income tax credit, the working poor were the target of over thirty five percent more audits than all other groups combined. Last year also saw a thirty-three percent decrease to a record low in audits of companies worth over $10 million, and a decrease of over twenty percent to a record low in audits of individuals making over $100,000---the group most able to cheat on their taxes.