National Taxpayer Advocate report improves US prospects for tax reform

Matthew Gilleard

January 16 2013

The prospects for comprehensive reform of the US tax code have been improved by the release of the National Taxpayer Advocate report, which describes the tax code as “the number one most serious problem facing taxpayers” and says it places a “significant, even unconscionable, burden” on them.

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