In its last report to Congress, the office of the National Taxpayer Advocate found that IRS staffers answered about 38 percent of the phone calls they received in fiscal year 2015. They received more than 100 million phone calls in that same time frame, which means 62 million phone calls went unanswered. Sixty-two million times, we called for assistance filling out a form, for help deciphering our byzantine tax code, to figure out how to file, or for answers to questions about missing refunds. I...
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U.S. Representative Jeff Denham (R-Turlock) today cast his vote in support of the State and Local Sales Tax Deduction Fairness Act of 2015 and the Death Tax Repeal Act of 2015. Both these pieces of legislation aim to reduce the tax burden on American families and small businesses by eliminating unnecessary taxes and simplifying our existing tax code. “This week too many American families have experienced firsthand the frustrations of trying to navigate our almost incomprehensible tax code,” said...
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