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What kind of standards does the IRS use to target people? By targeting some people for audits and not others and not disclosing publically why, does not seem like equal treatment under the law to me.

This is a frequent defense offered by the guilty. "But, Your Honor, I was only going as fast as the other traffic. It's unfair that I was ticketed for speeding!"

The only problem is that it's a lousy defense, and it never works.

The IRS can't audit everyone, and a traffic cop can't pull over everyone on the interstate who's speeding.

My company is audited every year. It has been for over 20 years now. I guess the government hates us. Why hasn't Larry come to our rescue?

Your analogy is a good attempt, but is not accurate. Your analogy and the situation that Judicial Watch is in, are completely distinguishable from each other.

When a police officer pulls you over for speeding, it is a lawful stop because you were breaking the law, even if it was only 1 mile an hour over. The police officer will be able to defend himself to a judge if need be, because he clocked the defendent's speed with a radar gun--the law is the law.

It has not been proven that Judicial Watch has broken the law, but yet, the IRS still audits them without any proof of criminal wrong-doing and treats them as if they were guilty before it has been proven so. You should be up in arms about your business being audited all the time. If I were you, I would demand to know what gives the IRS the Probable Cause to give them the authority to audit your intimate financial records.