IRS Announces Plans to Audit Ministers - Fighting the IRS's Lifestyle Audit Method

At the annual Convention of Public Accountants Business meeting, GAPA adopted the official position to oppose the IRS's "Life Style Audit" method that involves closed years for the following reasons:

• This is an invasion of privacy
• Creates double jeopardy
• Inability to verify "life-style" sources in closed years
• Closed years records of innocent taxpayers may no longer be available
• Subjects taxpayers to auditor's "opinion" without verification
• Places unfair burden on taxpayers without just cause
• Inconsistency of auditors