Jennifer Dunn: “in 1995 the Internal Revenue Service's 1-800 number provided about 8/2 million Americans the wrong answers to even the…”

“in 1995 the Internal Revenue Service's 1-800 number provided about 8/2 million Americans the wrong answers to even the most basic questions about tax law. Further, Money magazine estimated in 1990 that nearly half the 30 million penalty notices the IRS mails out each year are erroneous. Even more alarming, the latest impartial GAO audit of the IRS asserted that the agency that scrutinizes taxpayer finances cannot properly keep track of the $1.4 trillion it collects each year. Mind you, that was the fourth straight audit the IRS has flunked. Mr. Speaker, fair is fair. The IRS itself has failed to meet the standards of financial accountability and diligence it imposes on our citizenry. And since it can no longer adequately police itself, it can no longer be trusted with the authority to police individual American businesses and individuals. We need a solution to our problem that empowers the hard working American taxpayer. We need to reform the IRS.”