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Do We Need AN IRS?: We Can Do Better |
| Section: CURRENT ISSUES / COMMENTARY |
| Author: David R. Burton |
| Publication:
The World & I Online |
| Issue Date: 1/1/1998 |
| Size: 1,329 Words, 7,684 Characters |
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The IRS unquestionably has major administrative problems and does not adequately respect taxpayer rights. A few IRS employees are willing to do almost anything to improve their collection statistics.
To protect against excesses, the law needs to be changed to enhance taxpayer rights in tax disputes with the government. But the real problem we face is not the IRS. The current tax system has become so monstrously complex that even if Saint Peter himself were administering it, people would still routinely experience major problems. The mere mortals at the IRS have an impossible job.
The tax system we live under today is so unwieldy that it is simply beyond the ability of one person to grasp it. Professional tax preparers can make educated guesses a...
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...ystem unless they see that the sales tax has the 0verwhelming support of the American people.
Only a genuine outpouring of support for fundamental change will cause our political system to actually enact fundamental reform. In the final analysis, it is up to the American people, who must decide that we can do better, that we must do better, and tell that to their elected representatives.
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