[ancient_geezer]

BUT the compliance cost guesstimates from whatever source are for ALL taxpayers including individuals who's "compliance costs" have NO AFFECT on retail prices.

And that is why you remove the portion attributable to individuals, coming out with more than $800 billion for business alone instead of $1.3 Trillion of total tax related overhead costs in 2000.

[lewislynn]

And that is why you remove the portion attributable to individuals,

Nice try. By their own admission they don't know exactly how much it is let alone what is attributed to who. Aside from that it's not like businesses wouldn't ever have to comply with tax laws or never do accounting again is it?

Still can't make those 20% reductions real though can you?...You can't even fake them to make them look real.

[lewislynn]

According to most estimates, compliance costs are approximately $220 billion per year. /33/ Although some estimates at the low end are about half that. There are also estimates that are twice that high.

The OMB estimated the cost by multiplying the cumulative hours needed to prepare tax forms (5.3 billion)...For ALL taxpayers, including millions of individuals whose "compliance costs" have no affect on retail prices...

And that is why you remove the portion attributable to individuals, coming out with more than $800 billion for business alone instead of $1.3 Trillion of total tax related overhead costs in 2000.

Not only is there no reference to YOUR $800 Billion there's no way you can twist it to $1.3 Trillion

If you can do that, why can't you demonstrate how you would be able to reduce your rent 2O% and not lose money?