Lawmakers here may have put the IRS on a hot seat last month, but don't think that means the Internal Revenue Service won't continue doing the same to taxpayers.
Audits are a fact of life for taxpayers in the United States.
The key is knowing how to survive one. But it will take years to rein in the agency, experts say. Don't tell that to the legislators. The Senate Finance Committee, which held hearings last month chronicling IRS abuses, plans soon to introduce a law to shake up the agency. The House Ways and Means Committee plans similar action.