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On the recordApril 4, 2011
It's estimated that $345 billion of Federal taxes go uncollected each year--a noncompliance rate of 16.3 percent.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Highlighting the significant tax gap and its implications for federal revenue.

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