Jacob J. Lew: “And, most important, TPA makes very clear Congress has the final say.”

You find cases of tax avoidance, and we know when you find cases of tax avoidance, voluntary compliance goes up.

The American people deserve to have an IRS with the resources so that, when you pick up the phone and call the IRS, there is a person at the other end to answer it.

I think that one of the reasons tax reform is so hard to do is that it does impose burdens to close loopholes.

I totally agree with you, we should be able to put more resources into working on identifying the sources of the tax gap.