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Eleanor Holmes Norton: “I think the average taxpayer and the statistics are that the American people are extraordinary compliant, but they are…”

On the recordOctober 6, 2020
I think the average taxpayer and the statistics are that the American people are extraordinary compliant, but they are astonished by what they have learned about the state of the IRS.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Norton discusses taxpayer compliance and concerns about the IRS's state.

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