Public Requests Simpler Tax Forms and Laws

Public Requests Simpler Tax Forms and Laws:
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" don't understand the system well enough to evaluate whether it is fair or not,' wrote Joshua Nathaniel Pritikin of Santa Barbara, Calif. 'A fair tax system should be so obviously fair that I should be able to judge its fairness without getting a college degree in economics.'
Most upsetting to many taxpayers who took the time to write the commission is the seemingly arbitrary nature of tax breaks. They sound good until you look at the fine print. Then you see that the rules disqualify many taxpayers, or that the benefit is not nearly as helpful as it looks."