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Ron Johnson: “Our tax code is grotesquely complex. Costs 400 billion plus…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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'Do You Feel You're Understaffed?': Ron Johnson Asks IRS CEO About Reduction Of IRS Workforce

Published | Video Starts at 04:26

They need a private sector approach. Do a lot more, a lot better with less. My final time here, what I always ask of people in charge of the IRS, Our tax code is grotesquely complex. Costs 400 billion plus to comply with. I want to simplify and rationalize it. I think there's two separate approaches. But simplify and rationalize. (04:26–04:33)

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Asserts that the U.S. tax code is complex and costs over $400 billion to comply with.

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