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Peter Roskam: What should be a simple calculation is so complicated that 9 out of 10 people either pay a professional or have to buy…

On the recordJuly 18, 2017
What should be a simple calculation is so complicated that 9 out of 10 people either pay a professional or have to buy software just to figure out how much they owe the government.
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Peter Roskam
Republican · Illinois

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Roskam highlights the complexity of tax filing for average Americans.

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