Article: Understanding the tax gap.

Article: SEN. GRASSLEY EMPHASIZES COMPLEXITIES OF CLOSING TAX GAP IN EXCHANGE WITH IRS COMMISSIONER
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 14, 2007 ;     700+ words ......the most effective means of closing the tax gap. The exchange came at a Budget Committee hearing on the tax gap, which is the amount of taxes due but...Some senators and House members cite tax gap collection as a way to pay for Alternative...

Article: TAX GAP:J. RUSSELL GEORGE
Congressional Testimony;  July 26, 2006 ;     700+ words ......today to discuss the size and sources of the tax gap, as well as some opportunities for closing the tax gap. The objective of our tax system is to fund...revenue that is owed, which we call the tax gap. The IRS defines the tax gap as ``the difference...

Article: Tax Gap: Multiple Strategies, Better Compliance Data, and Long-Term Goals Are Needed to Improve Taxpayer Compliance.
General Accounting Office Reports & Testimony;  January 1, 2006 ;     507 words ......health care costs. Reducing the annual tax gap--the difference between what taxpayers...these long-term fiscal challenges. The tax gap arises through the underreporting of tax...discusses the findings of GAO's recent tax gap report. It addresses the significance...

Article: SEN. GRASSLEY ISSUES STATEMENT ON 'EXAMINING THE ADMINISTRATION'S PLAN FOR REDUCING THE TAX GAP: WHAT ARE THE GOALS, BENCHMARKS AND TIMETABLES?'
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  April 18, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Examining the Administration's Plan for Reducing the Tax Gap: What are the Goals,Benchmarks and Timetables?" I commend the Chairman for holding today's hearing on the tax gap. While the tax gap is an important issue, it is certainly not a new...

Article: IRS AND THE TAX GAP:J. RUSSELL GEORGE
Congressional Testimony;  February 16, 2007 ;     700+ words ......opportunity to appear before you today to discuss the tax gap. The objective of our tax system is to fund the...the tax revenue that is owed, which we call the tax gap. The IRS defines the tax gap as ``the difference between what taxpayers are...

Article: TAX GAP:RAYMOND T. WAGNER, JR.
Congressional Testimony;  July 26, 2006 ;     700+ words ......the opportunity to testify today on the tax gap. The IRS Oversight Board, by statute...operations in the last six years, the tax gap, because of its size and persistence...expert in the causes and composition of the tax gap. I would like to focus my testimony primarily...

Article: Tax Compliance: Opportunities Exist to Reduce the Tax Gap Using a Variety of Approaches.
General Accounting Office Reports & Testimony;  August 1, 2006 ;     649 words ...GAO-06-1000T July 26, 2006 The tax gap--the difference between the tax amounts...Revenue Service (IRS) estimated a gross tax gap for tax year 2001 of $345 billion and...billion of this gap, resulting in a net tax gap of $290 billion. When some taxpayers fail...

Article: BRIDGING THE TAX GAP:RAYMOND T. WAGNER, JR.
Congressional Testimony;  July 21, 2004 ;     700+ words ......to testify to you today on the subject of the tax gap. Characteristics of the Tax Gap Mr. Chairman, the National Taxpayer Advocate reported...Congress that the IRS has estimated the gross tax gap for 2001 as approximately $311 billion. This amount...

Article: TAX GAP:ERIC SOLOMON
Congressional Testimony;  April 18, 2007 ;     700+ words ......to discuss our strategy to reduce the tax gap, including the legislative proposals included...actually pay. The IRS estimates that the tax gap was $290 billion in 2001, after accounting...Administration is committed to reducing the tax gap without unduly burdening honest taxpayers...

Article: IRS AND THE TAX GAP:MICHAEL BROSTEK
Congressional Testimony;  February 16, 2007 ;     700+ words ......appreciate this opportunity to discuss the tax gap-the difference between what taxpayers...the law, resulting in an estimated gross tax gap of $345 billion. IRS estimated that it...recover around $55 billion of the 2001 tax gap through late payments and IRS enforcement...

Article: REDUCING THE TAX GAP:MICHAEL BROSTEK
Congressional Testimony;  January 23, 2007 ;     700+ words ......appreciate this opportunity to discuss the tax gap-the difference between what taxpayers...the law, resulting in an estimated gross tax gap of $345 billion. IRS estimated that it...recover around $55 billion of the 2001 tax gap through late payments and IRS enforcement...

Article: TAX GAP:NINA E. OLSON
Congressional Testimony;  April 14, 2005 ;     700+ words ......before your committee today about closing the tax gap while improving taxpayer service. My testimony...contribution that taxpayer rights make to closing the tax gap. I. Understanding the Tax Gap The tax gap represents, in essence, a failure...

Article: SEN. GRASSLEY VISITS IRS TO GET TAX GAP ANSWERS
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  January 30, 2007 ;     473 words ......will do this year to close the $345 billion tax gap. Baucus and Grassley have identified the tax gap - the gulf between taxes legally owed and...Nina Olson. "I wanted the facts about the tax gap from the people charged with closing it...

Article: BRIDGING THE TAX GAP:MS. NINA E. OLSON
Congressional Testimony;  July 21, 2004 ;     700+ words ......here today on approaches to reducing the tax gap. I commend the Committee and Commissioner...efforts in highlighting this issue. The tax gap has dogged tax administration since its...of taxes due.1 THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TAX GAP TO MOST TAXPAYERS The tax gap has real...