Neal Dunn: “I must say we are delighted that in only 3 years of holding the majority, we have been able to put together a bipartisan…”

“I must say we are delighted that in only 3 years of holding the majority, we have been able to put together a bipartisan piece of legislation that shows real listening to our constituents and results in upgrading and making much more positive the IRS. Throughout my tenure in Congress, I have heard from thousands of constituents who have talked to me about numerous problems they have had with our system of taxation and particularly with the IRS. The theme has been the intrusive and sometimes abusive interference of the Internal Revenue System when taxpayers were only trying to be honest. One of my constituents, Mr. Speaker, was told by the IRS that his wife was dead even though he produced his wife and her doctor before a local IRS agent. Another constituent, a local businessman, was forced to undergo a costly, long-lasting audit by the IRS because of a supposed discrepancy of 65 cents, only to find out that the IRS was wrong. This agency operates too often, Mr. Speaker, under the belief that taxpayers are trying to cheat the Government. The bill that we propose today is the first step in providing citizens greater tax fairness, protections from the abuse of the IRS.”