U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs |
Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security |
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Title: Deconstructing the Tax Code: Uncollected Taxes and Issues of Transparency |
Date: 9/26/06 |
Time (EST): 2:30 PM |
Place: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Rm. 342 |
This hearing will highlight the 2006 updated estimate of the tax gap by the IRS; examine IRS efforts to close the tax gap as well as legislative solutions to increase taxpayer compliance; and explore the transparency of the tax code.
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Member
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Witnesses
Testimony
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Panel 1
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The Honorable
Mark Everson
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, Commissioner
, Internal Revenue Service
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Panel 2
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Russell George
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, Treasury Inspector General
, Tax Administration (TIGTA)
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Nina Olson
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, National Taxpayer Advocate
, Internal Revenue Service
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Jay Soled
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, Professor
, Rutgers University
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Panel 3
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Stephen Entin
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, President and Executive Director
, IRET
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Jason Furman
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, Visiting Scholar
, New York University
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Neal Boortz
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, co-author
, The Fair Tax Book
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