My spouse’s accountant has told him that if you hand write the IRS address on your envelopes instead of using the preprinted labels, you decrease the chance of being audited. Apparently, the bar code on the label puts you into the random draw barrel, and handwriting doesn’t.
Not that I’ve got anything to hide, but does anyone know if there’s a smidgen of truth to this?
I don’t know, but I’d be very surprised if the IRS did audits based on some physical lottery, like putting all of one type of application in a box and drawing one. It’s far easier for them to use a computer. And far more likely for them to pick cheaters, as a computer can look for strange numbers. By the time your return is in a computer, the mailing sticker has long ceased to be part of the package. So I’d bet against this one being true.