Odds of Audit for Large Corporations
Total Assets $250 Million or More

[IRS withholding area/territory data for 2001]

IRS District	Percent of Returns Audited
	Fiscal Year*
	2001	2000	1998- 2000	1995- 1997	1992- 1994
U.S.		30.51	33.94	48.29	54.94
Upstate New York		78.00	72.81	71.90	63.37
Arkansas-Oklahoma		47.73	45.78	68.32	74.38
Connecticut-Rhode Island		44.46	52.97	57.86	51.77
North Texas		43.04	39.69	44.81	86.35
Michigan		42.35	55.51	77.23	70.75
Southern California		42.14	44.51	46.00	47.76
Kansas-Missouri		42.00	41.39	51.94	60.76
Pacific-Northwest		40.20	39.48	46.47	46.53
North-South Carolina		40.00	42.17	76.66	68.84
Central California		39.55	41.41	35.77	50.00
North Central		39.38	38.13	55.47	69.37
North Florida		38.18	41.61	59.62	66.84
South Florida		38.00	40.24	58.31	44.75
Illinois		35.39	33.21	44.27	42.47
Brooklyn		34.50	40.19	62.93	64.65
Los Angeles		34.38	43.51	61.62	62.96
Ohio		34.09	48.71	71.20	85.61
Midwest		33.97	38.75	62.39	72.52
Georgia		33.00	27.32	44.39	63.06
South Texas		31.50	25.74	27.88	50.48
Gulf Coast		31.00	32.91	84.19	87.86
Indiana		28.85	34.61	66.25	80.69
Kentucky-Tennessee		28.64	35.86	57.32	83.77
Rocky Mountain		28.20	29.50	39.70	78.98
Southwest		26.25	22.73	26.09	53.17
New Jersey		25.21	34.37	64.52	71.91
Pennsylvania		22.85	25.94	47.16	48.52
Houston		21.92	25.77	40.90	54.78
Manhattan		20.00	25.48	36.60	34.30
Northern California		20.00	33.45	35.01	43.88
New England		15.99	18.54	24.40	30.96
Virginia-West Virginia		13.42	33.37	69.86	59.20
Delaware-Maryland		10.50	20.00	34.76	37.70

*Fiscal year 2000 is the annualized rate based upon first 8 months.
 Other rates based upon annual average over three-year time spans.
  For current IRS district boundaries, see description and map.