Jacob J. Lew: “I think that one of the reasons tax reform is so hard to do is that it does impose burdens to close loopholes.”

You find cases of tax avoidance, and we know when you find cases of tax avoidance, voluntary compliance goes up.

The budget also makes critical investments in our domestic and national security priorities while adhering to the bipartisan budget agreement signed into law last fall.

The earned income tax credit is one of the most effective programs we have had, both to reduce poverty and to get people.

If we do not have the resources to hire the enforcement officers that we need, the tax gap will only grow.