IRS Overhaul Debate Spurs Tax Reform Push
The Clinton administration backs a major IRS overhaul amid billions on new data processing. Republicans push to flatten the tax, arguing the code intrudes on privacy and hampers growth, while liberals seek to curb subsidies for special interests. A cross‑partisan reexamination underpins a broader political battle over how to reshape tax policy and administration.
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Lawmakers Seek To Simplify IRS Operations And Tax System
Senators Bob Kerrey and Rob Portman lead a bipartisan commission aiming to streamline IRS tasks and tax policy. They acknowledge tax complexity and flawed modernization efforts, hoping Congress acts on their final report to ease taxpayer dealings while preserving necessities of revenue collection.
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Tax reform push targets IRS overhaul and simplification
Washington columnist David Broder reports on Kerrey and Portman proposing to simplify tax laws to reduce the 9,451 pages of regulations and to grant the IRS more independence from the Treasury. They cite the alternative minimum tax as an example and warn current IRS culture lags private sector standards. Summers’ Treasury plan to keep IRS within Treasury is seen as turf protection.
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SoHo awakening highlights a Miami writer’s misfit view of SoHo
Dave Barry, humor columnist for the Miami Herald, describes a weekend in New York City's SoHo district. He pokes fun at fashion, decor, and nightlife, noting loud debates, pricey shabby furniture, and ultra modern boutiques, while declaring himself culturally unsophisticated.
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