Most Americans Don’t Cheat on Taxes

Or maybe they just don’t admit it to the IRS. 

The Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board conducted a survey of 1,000 Americans and found that 87% think it’s never acceptable to cheat on income taxes. Eight percent said it was ok to cheat a little, while 4% said it’s ok to cheat as much as possible. Personal integrity influences properly reporting income taxes 80% of the time, while fear of an audit only influences proper reports 35% of the time.   

See Allison Linn, Good Graph Friday: What? Cheat on Taxes? Never, Lifeinc, Jan. 28, 2011.

Special thanks to David S. Luber (Attorney at law, Florida Probate Attorney Wills and Estates Law Firm) for bringing this article to my attention.