Why doesn't the IRS make a priority of auditing rich folks' returns?

[DavidNRockies]

How hard is it to comply with the tax-avoidance strategies that you and those in your stratum actually write or create?

I’m not sure that non-compliance with the tax codes among the wealthiest Americans is the problem. I think the problem is the tax codes themselves.

Do the rich pay their fair share?

I did a quick search and found very little specifically about this. In association with the latest story about DJT’s tax returns, I heard a statistic that the wealthiest Americans pay an average of 24% in Federal Income Tax. I presume they’re talking about Effective Tax Rate. But Effective Tax Rate reminds me of an old joke in medicine: The surgery was a complete success, but the patient died. Sometimes, our definitions differ from the definitions used by others. According to Pew Research: …