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On the recordJune 19, 2012
Because tax strategy patents are unlikely to be novel given the public nature of the Tax Code, we included a provision in the law that expressly provided that a strategy for reducing, avoiding, or deferring tax liability cannot be considered a new or non-obvious idea.
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Chuck Grassley
Republican · Iowa

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Grassley explains the rationale behind the law's provisions on tax strategy patents.

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