WITN  | Greenville, NC  | News, Weather, Sports  AP Exclusive:
Likely Tax Cheats Flock South, West  Worried the Internal
Revenue Service might target you for an audit? You probably
should be if you own a small business in one of the wealthy
suburbs of Los Angeles.  You might also be wary if you're a
small-business owner in one of dozens of communities near San
Francisco, Houston, Atlanta or the District of Columbia.  A new
study by the National Taxpayer Advocate used confidential IRS
data to show large clusters of potential tax cheats in these
five metropolitan areas. The IRS uses the information to target
taxpayers for audits.  The taxpayer advocate, Nina Olsen, runs
an independent office within the IRS. She got access to the data
as part of an effort to learn more about why some taxpayers are
more likely to cheat than others.  The study also looked at tax
compliance in different industries, and found that people who
own construction companies or real estate rental firms may be
more likely to fudge their tax