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On the recordFebruary 15, 2023
When you have audit rates that are so much higher for the person of modest means than they are for wealthy, that does not pass the smell test in terms of fairness.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Critiques the disparity in audit rates between wealthy and modest taxpayers.

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