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Transcript: TAX CODE SIMPLIFICATION:CHARLES GRASSLEY FEDERAL DOCUMENT CLEARING HOUSE, INC.
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- Congressional Testimony
- Article date:
- April 26, 2001
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April 26, 2001 Opening Statement of Chairman Chuck Grassley Hearing,
``Tax
Code Complexity: New Hope for Fresh Solutions`` This morning we are
gathered
to hear about an age-old problem -- the complexity of our tax code.
People
have been complaining about how complex the tax code is since its
enactment
in 1913. If folks thought it was complicated then, they should see
it now.
The twist in this morning`s hearing is that we will not only hear
about
how complicated the tax code is, we will also be hearing about possible
ways to fix it. For too many years, more and more tax items have been
getting
swept under the rug. Well, that rug is getting pretty darn bumpy.
It`s
time to ...