Members of Congress are not exempt from IRS audits, nor did lawmakers recently pass a bill to grant themselves this immunity.
it reviews tax returns to ensure information is reported correctly and in accordance with tax laws and uses these reviews to determine which returns to audit.
"Audits are determined ultimately on what is — or isn’t — included on the tax return," Friedland said."The IRS has strong safeguards in place to ensure that audits are conducted only based on what is on the tax return — and not other factors."," which uses a statistical formula to select and compare tax returns to the"norms" of similar returns.
Recent social media posts claimed,"Congress just voted to exempt themselves from IRS auditing of their personal finances." This claim appears to have originated from a satirical Twitter account. Members of Congress are not exempt from IRS audits, and lawmakers passed no recent legislation to give themselves this immunity.
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