Martin Davidoff Tax Quotations

The IRS audits address tax shelters. They're not giving the same level of attention to the cash economy.

In the ideal world, the return should be simple enough for the taxpayer to compute without help. We're never going to get there, but we can move toward it.

She's right on target with her core principles. Taxpayers should have some, but not too many, choices. The pension arena is a good example. There are too many choices of plans. The same is true of education. Here there are two different credits, as well as various deductions for the same purpose.