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Robin Fisher

Economist, Office of Tax Analysis · U.S. Department of the Treasury

Economist in the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Tax Analysis. Co-author of a study of racial disparities in IRS audit selection.

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Published Quarterly Journal of Economics Online 26 Sep 2024 Published Jan 2025

Measuring and Mitigating Racial Disparities in Tax Audits

Hadi Elzayn · Evelyn Smith · Thomas Hertz · Cameron Guage · Arun Ramesh · Robin Fisher · Daniel E Ho · Jacob Goldin

Do Black taxpayers face higher IRS audit rates than non-Black taxpayers, despite race-blind audit selection? And if so, why — and what would mitigation look like?

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