On the recordMay 10, 2021
So one thing I will note as I close out my questioning: we have heard testimony today that 36 percent of missing tax revenues of the tax gap, 36 percent of that comes from 1 percent of the taxpayers.
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Highlighting the disproportionate contribution of high-income taxpayers to the tax gap.
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