[ancient_geezer]

Have you ever been wrong?

On occasion, once I though I was wrong, and had to retract my apology when I found out I was actually right.

I am shocked, SHOCKED! that a cumulative record would get larger every year.

So does the number of active pages and forms.

Address your concerns to:

 

http://www.cato.org/dailys/04-15-03-3.html

"Income taxes: A bad idea that got worse.
The income tax is not an example of a good idea gone bad. It was bad from the beginning, and it just keeps getting worse. The income tax distorts financial planning and business investment, and it encourages tax avoidance and evasion. Because the income tax is built on an unworkable base of "income," the law is continually changing. Let's simplify Americans' finances and disband the tax army by pursuing fundamental tax reform. "

Source: CCH Inc. Number of pages in the CCH Standard Federal Tax Reporter, as found on Cato website. www.cch.com.

[Your Nightmare]

Address your concerns to:

No, the title of the chart is wrong. It is not the Total Pages of Federal Tax Rules (even including tax code, tax regulations, and various IRS rulings). The title should be:

Total Pages in CHH Standard Federal Tax Reporter
(including Index; Topical Index; miscellaneous practice aids; Internal Revenue Code; "How to Use the Code Volumes;" Code Topical Index; Source Notes--Finding List; Code Table of Contents; full text of current code and amendment notes; Related Statutes; compilation of full text of Internal Revenue Code sections, regulations and proposed regulations, excerpts of committee reports, CCH explanations, and annotations of cases and rulings beginning in 1913; Topical Index to 2002 Developments; Cumulative Index to 2002 Developments; 2002 Finding Lists; 2002 Case Tables; Supreme Court docket; 2002 Legislation; Regulations Status Tables; full text of 2002 Rulings; 2002 Treasury Decision Preambles; digests of selected IRS Letter Rulings; digests of 2002 Tax Court Decisions; CCH Comments; CCH Tax Focus and Features; Citator; "How to Use this Citator;" Current Citator Table; main citator; Finding Lists; U.S. Tax Cases--Advance Sheets; Proposed Regulations; Digests Last 2001 Court Decisions; and 2002 U.S. Tax Cases)

But you don't really care if the title is misleading, do you.

[Your Nightmare]

Here's an article on FindLaw that states the Internal Revenue Code is 4,500 pages long. Too long for sure, but nowhere near the 54,000 you would have everyone believe.