Table 8d. Earned Income Tax Credit Return Office Examination Volume
By Examination Class
Fiscal Years 1996 - 2002
Return Type/Examination Class 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Individual income tax returns, total 2,660 5,285 31,818 30,494 14,345 11,217 4,655
Nonbusiness returns:
Forms 1040A with TPI under $25,000 [1] 654 2,792 24,688 20,914 9,261 6,180 2,580
All other returns by size of TPI:
Under $25,000 756 683 2,498 2,580 1,334 891 360
$25,000 under $50,000 387 312 1,291 1,212 974 756 189
$50,000 under $100,000 134 132 171 151 121 176 43
$100,000 or more 20 23 28 36 15 18 27
Business returns:
Schedule C returns by size of TGR:
Under $25,000 385 964 1,950 4,379 2,079 2,797 947
$25,000 under $100,000 246 274 861 930 438 315 404
$100,000 or more 58 81 277 250 102 84 102
Schedule F returns by size of TGR:
Under $100,000 16 20 41 33 15 0 2
$100,000 or more 4 4 13 9 6 0 1
Number of FTEs [2] 4 11 107 138 100 65 33
[1] Includes Forms 1040A and 1040EZ
[2] Full Time Equivalents are calculated by the following formula:
[(Direct Staff Hours per AIMS) / (2087)] / (Direct Compliance Time Percentage per IRS Examination Table 37)
Source: IRS, Report to Congress: IRS Tax Compliance Activities. July 2003. Also, AIMS Database (closed Cases),
IRS Examination Table 37 - An Examination activity management report.