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Transcript: IRS AND THE TAX GAP:MICHAEL BROSTEK
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- Congressional Testimony
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- February 16, 2007
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Congressional Testimony
02-16-2007
Statement of Michael Brostek Director, Tax Issues Strategic Issues Team
U.S. Government Accountability Office Committee on House Budget February
16, 2007 Chairman Spratt, Mr. Ryan, Members of the Committee: I appreciate
this opportunity to discuss the tax gap-the difference between what taxpayers
pay in taxes voluntarily and on time and what they should pay under the
law-and what is achievable in reducing the gap. Most recently, the Internal
Revenue Service (IRS) estimated that for tax year 2001, taxpayers paid
about 84 percent of the taxes that should have been paid on time under
the law, resulting in an estimated gross tax gap of $345 billion. IRS estimated
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