News; Audit of dependent health coverage is common in private sector. Published: ; Feb. 13, 2009, 9:48 a.m.

Corporations with asset size $100 - $250 million – audit coverage has gone from 12.8% to 16.6%; Corporations with assets over $250 million – audit coverage has gone from 27.4% to 27.6%.

The audit coverage rate, the percentage of federal tax returns the IRS examined either in person or by mail correspondence, dropped to 0.84%, the IRS said.