[See Steps] Likelihood of a tax return audit. At the beginning of each year, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) releases information on the likelihood of a
Question: Likelihood of a tax return audit. At the beginning of each year, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) releases information on the likelihood of a tax return being audited, 2007, the IRS audited 1,384,563 individual tax returns from the total of 134,421,400 filed returns; also in 2007, the IRO audited 59,516 business returns from the total of 9,072.80 business returns filed (IRS Fiscal Year 2007 Enforcement and Services Statistics).
- Suppose an individual tax return from 2007 is randomly selected. What is the probability that the return is audited by the IRS?
- Refer to part a. Determine the probability that an individual return is not audited by the IRS.
- Suppose a business tax return from 2007 is randomly selected. What is the probability that the return is audited, by the IRS?
- Refer to part c. Determine the probability that a business return is not audited by the IRS.
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