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Carl Levin: “It just violates, it seems to me, everything which you folks should be about, which is trying to get to substance and…”

On the recordSeptember 19, 2012
It just violates, it seems to me, everything which you folks should be about, which is trying to get to substance and trying to get through form.
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Carl Levin
Democratic · Michigan

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Levin criticizes the IRS for prioritizing form over substance in tax enforcement.

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