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Janet Yellen: It is really shocking and distressing to see estimates suggesting that the gap between what we`re collecting in taxes…

On the recordMay 5, 2021
It is really shocking and distressing to see estimates suggesting that the gap between what we`re collecting in taxes under our tax law and what we should be collecting if everybody were paying the taxes that are due, that amounts to over $7 trillion over a decade.
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Janet Yellen
Democratic · California
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Yellen highlights the significant tax gap and the need for reforms to close it.

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