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Roscoe L. Egger, Jr.

Trials performed as part of the Tax Reform Act of 1986 revealed a small, but significant number of errors and the IRS was unsure how its already strained bureaucracy would deal with taxpayers when it was the IRS, and not the taxpayer, with a deficiency.

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Tax evasion increased dramatically, the tax code was overly complicated, the IRS’s budget was too small, and its computers were overworked and out of date.

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He helped draft the Tax Reform Act of 1986, which included legislation that simplified the Federal tax code and closed many loopholes in the old code.


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