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The proposed merger has, nonetheless, raised some potentially very serious concerns.

Absent clear evidence of market failure, consumers benefit when the government allows free markets to allocate resources in the most efficient manner possible.

Today's hearing has received significant attention throughout the country, and with some good reason.

The more I look into this, the more I worry about the problems that are involved.

Now, some have expressed concern that regulation will drive unethical preparers underground, turning them into what have been referred to here as ghost preparers who are very difficult to discover and shut down.

They said they had given us most of the documents, and then we found out that they had not.

We are trying to wrap this up as quickly as we can. It has been slow.

The American people deserve to have an IRS which is free from political bias.

What is the IRS doing to educate the public about how to select a competent and ethical return preparer?

These regulations should go away entirely, and Commissioner Koskinen has the power to make that happen.

Among the approaches to solving the problem of incompetent and unethical paid preparers that we will hear about today is government regulation.

Our income tax system relies heavily on good faith, voluntary compliance.

The sheer complexity of our tax system requires the majority of Americans to seek the services of a paid preparer.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding this timely hearing.

If there were few concessions, would public access increase or decrease?

How do you decide where to charge entrance fees? Is it fair that some sites are free and some sites have fees?

There may be some additional questions that any member of the committee, present or not, may have for you.

I appreciate all of you, especially your patience in the inconvenience of sitting here while we broke for vote.