Tuesday, March 29, 2005
 
Biased Source Issues Report

Apparently, the IRS thinks people aren't paying their fair share:
    Most Americans pay their federal taxes by their due dates, but there's still a yawning gap between what taxpayers owe and what they pay, according to the IRS.

    That gap -- known as the net tax gap -- is between $257 billion and $298 billion, according to preliminary findings from a three-year study on taxpayer compliance released Tuesday.

    "Even after IRS enforcement efforts and late payments, the government is being shortchanged by over a quarter-trillion dollars by those who pay less than their fair share," said IRS commissioner Mark W. Everson in a statement.
The IRS discovers the more people it audits, the more it can shake out of them. But only to get its their fair shares.

I am uncomfortable when the head of the IRS is determining what each person's fair share of tax burden is. I thought we had elected officials to do that, but what we really have is unelected enforcement agents who want more budget and more power.


- posted by Brian J. @ 2:26 PM
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