IRS chief counsel office charged with intentionally evading its responsibilities to the public
By CPA Trendlines Research
Like the universe itself, the Internal Revenue Code keeps expanding toward infinity. In that its more than 2,600 pages are unclear in spots, there are an additional several thousand pages of rules and regulations. And just to clarify all that, there are tens of thousands of pages of court decisions.
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How many pages in all? No one knows. Knowing, in fact, is impossible because in the time it takes to add them all up, their number increases. That’s why CPA Trendlines believes it’s so critically important to a fair and well-functioning tax system that the IRS Office of Chief Counsel (OCC) be held accountable for disclosing technical advice promptly. Unfortunately, the OCC seems to disagree.
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