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On the recordMarch 9, 2015
Our tax system has become so incredibly complicated, so byzantine, that even someone who really knows their way around an accounting textbook has a hard time getting everything right.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden criticizes the complexity of the tax system, making it difficult for taxpayers.

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