Comments on: “Complexity of Tax Law” Not a Challenge for IRS?

By: Kelly

Kelly — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:45:26 +0000

Evan, point well taken!

By: Evan

Evan — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:39:43 +0000

Kelly,

I feel like listing, “Tax Complexities” by the TIGTA is 100% completely worthless. If they listed it, I would have dismissed it saying in my head, “Yeah, right.”

At least the list kind of justifies their job lol

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BJWils — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:30:12 +0000

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By: Kelly

Kelly — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:30:30 +0000

Oh Mary, I totally understand that Congress created the mess. I just find it a little sad that TIGTA in its report, while acknowledging that complexity is a serious issue, kind of dismisses it, going so far as to say: “Complexity of
the Tax Law” does not appear on this year’s list of challenges because it has been overtaken by other concerns.

I think many of those other issues would be abated with a little simplification is all.

By: Mary O'Keeffe

Mary O'Keeffe — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:19:37 +0000

I agree that complexity is a huge challenge.

However, the purpose of the TIGTA report was to develop a list of top 10 priorities (“management challenges”) for the IRS to work on, and tax complexity is largely outside the control of the IRS.

Congress is responsible for the complexity in the tax law, not the IRS.

But the TIGTA report authors were not charged with creating a top 10 priority list for Congress.

That said, the TIGTA report does prominently identify “complexity” as an important underlying concern on the very first page of the report.

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