I don't think anybody in the Chamber would object to changing the law to give the Commissioner the authority to manage this agency or do all the other things the distinguished Senator from Nevada has identified on behalf of taxpayers, like providing a public statement of the basis of audits--I don't think anybody could object to doing that. And anybody looking at it, I think, would say, ``Gee, that is not going to make things worse. That's going to make things an awful lot better for those taxpayers getting notices and those taxpayers calling the IRS.''
Bob Kerrey: “I don't think anybody in the Chamber would object to changing the law to give the Commissioner the authority to manage…”
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Discussing changes to IRS management authority and taxpayer communication.
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