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Christopher Shays: And encourage people to pay their taxes. It is estimated we could lose almost $100 billion in revenue, one, because it…

On the recordJune 4, 1996
And encourage people to pay their taxes. It is estimated we could lose almost $100 billion in revenue, one, because it is not simple enough and, second, that people simply have found a whole host of ways to avoid paying taxes in the course of trying to do what they think are legitimate or maybe not legitimate writeoffs.
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Christopher Shays
Connecticut

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Discussing tax compliance and revenue loss during a floor speech.

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