COVER PAGE
Response to Request for comments by the Federal Tax Reform Panel on Feb. 16,
2005
Robert H. Nuttall
Charleston, South Carolina
Date of Submission: March 7, 2005
Individual Submission to Federal Tax Reform Panel
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Robert H. Nuttall
The present Federal Tax Code has grown in to a completely uncomprehensible and
unmanageable maze of over 10,000 pages, that not even the most astute accountants can
completely decipher and understand. Businesses and individuals spend millions of
dollars
and thousands if not millions of lost productive hours in attempting to comply with the
Federal Tax Code.
The Federal Government spends billions of dollars maintaining the Internal Revenue
Service facilities and paying thousands of IRS employees which, with a simplified tax
code could be significantly reduced or eliminated altogether, freeing up much needed
capital that could be used more productively by the Federal Government.
Patching up the existing code is pointless. It is time for a fresh and fair approach.
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