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Roscoe L. Egger, Jr.

Trials performed as part of the Tax Reform Act of 1986 revealed a small, but significant number of errors and the IRS was unsure how its already strained bureaucracy would deal with taxpayers when it was the IRS, and not the taxpayer, with a deficiency.

Tax evasion increased dramatically, the tax code was overly complicated, the IRS’s budget was too small, and its computers were overworked and out of date.

He helped draft the Tax Reform Act of 1986, which included legislation that simplified the Federal tax code and closed many loopholes in the old code.


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