I want to know what my audit risk is

[MollsBBU · Accepted solution]

Besides having deductions that look puffed up, you can boost your odds of getting an audit notice with any of these:

--being self-employed (opportunities to cheat abound).

--having a 1099 mismatch (you show a $5,000 capital gain, the broker reports $15,000).

--having a large income (the IRS gets a better payback for audit efforts among the wealthy).

--claiming a large non-cash donation.

--reporting a loss from a business activity that could be a hobby.

Please see this Forbes article or this TurboTax Blog for more information.

[jjoseph]

for donations to Goodwill, is a donation receipt from them suffice as proof?