I guess you skimmed the article or just missed it..like I said this is a very conservative estimate(studies were paid by IRS) and does not include tax planning...The Arthur D. Little study that grossly overstates the compliance burden was paid for by the IRS. They used it until relatively recently. And now they are paying IBM. I don't think the IRS paying for a study affects the outcome one way or the other.
....I don't think the IRS paying for a study affects the outcome one way or the other....
Maybe, maybe not, but it still left out tax planning which is a major cost of our current tax system, how much is that? 100 billion? more? How about if the Democratic party paid for a study on the effects of welfare and food stamps, how do you think that might come out? Would it be shown to be a "Great Society"?
So let's see ... you're saying that paying for studies is OK unless done by the FairTax organization which makes it terribly wrong??