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U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, and International Security
Title: Deconstructing the Tax Code: Uncollected Taxes and Issues of Transparency
Date: 9/26/06
Time (EST): 2:30 PM
Place: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Rm. 342
This hearing will highlight the 2006 updated estimate of the tax gap by the IRS; examine IRS efforts to close the tax gap as well as legislative solutions to increase taxpayer compliance; and explore the transparency of the tax code.
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Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
 
Member Statements
    Senator Tom Coburn   [View PDF]     Senator Carl Levin   [View PDF]
    Senator Thomas R. Carper   [View PDF]
 
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Witnesses Testimony
 
Panel 1
  The Honorable Mark Everson [View PDF] , Commissioner , Internal Revenue Service

Panel 2
  Russell George [View PDF] , Treasury Inspector General , Tax Administration (TIGTA)
  Nina Olson [View PDF] , National Taxpayer Advocate , Internal Revenue Service
  Jay Soled [View PDF] , Professor , Rutgers University

Panel 3
  Stephen Entin [View PDF] , President and Executive Director , IRET
  Jason Furman [View PDF] , Visiting Scholar , New York University
  Neal Boortz [View PDF] , co-author , The Fair Tax Book



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Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
340 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510