The audit check says Your chance of an audit is very low. Your return has very few triggers that auditors usually look for. What are these few triggers so I may fix them

[Black-Byrd]

After I entered money that we made from garage sales, house work, handyman work, etc. it now says that I have a few triggers that auditors look for yet my auditing chance is very low. I would like there to be no triggers or at least be informed of what they are so that I am not messing up on the form somehow. So what are these few triggers?

[JuttaS · Accepted solution]

Don't worry about that -- just make sure you keep receipts and documentation if you're deducting expenses related to your handyman/housework, in the extremely unlikely event of an audit. (They look for shady deductions and underreported income.)

Just filing a return is a trigger, since the IRS randomly audits returns. Nobody is completely safe from audit, but then again if you fill out your return to the best of your knowledge and belief, you'll be fine.