Research Report Big, Big Postcard
Leonard E. Burman
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The Congressional leadership that crafted the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 wants the tax system to be so simple that taxpayers can fill out a tax form on a postcard. Judging by some of the choices they made in the new law (with lots of help from the President), they had in mind a postcard the size of a billboard.
Research Areas Taxes and budgets
Tags Individual taxes Campaigns, proposals, and reforms Federal tax issues and reform proposals