In addition to the financial burden and economic dislocation, the tax system and Internal Revenue Code have become so complex and oppressive that the federal government’s National Taxpayer Advocate reported in 2012, “U.S. taxpayers (both individuals and businesses) [spend] more than 6.1 billion hours to complete filings required by a tax code that contains almost four million words and that, on average, has more than one new provision added to it daily. Indeed, few taxpayers complete their returns without assistance. Nearly 60 percent of taxpayers hire paid preparers and another 30 percent
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