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A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the Internal Revenue Service should be reorganized in order to strengthen the taxpayer assistance and enforcement divisions and…

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A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the Internal Revenue Service should be reorganized in order to strengthen the taxpayer assistance and enforcement divisions and narrow the $100,000,000 "tax gap".

Introduced: June 11, 1987 See on congress.gov
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Jun 11, 1987
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States that in the interest of decreasing the growing gap between taxes owed and taxes collected: (1) the administration and the Congress should substantially increase appropriate resources for the taxpayer assistance and enforcement divisions of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS); and (2) the IRS should implement specified recommendations to improve taxpayer services and to enhance enforcement efforts.

What's happening now June 11, 1987

Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
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Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Jul 29, 1987
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Jun 11, 1987
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 138: A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the Internal Revenue Service should be reorganized in order to strengthen the taxpayer assistance and enforcement divisions and narrow the $100,000,000 "tax gap".. 100th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HCONRES-138/
MLA
"H. Con. Res. 138: A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the Internal Revenue Service should be reorganized in order to strengthen the taxpayer assistance and enforcement divisions and narrow the $100,000,000 "tax gap".." 100th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HCONRES-138/.
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H. Con. Res. 138, 100th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HCONRES-138/.
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[H. Con. Res. 138: A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the Internal Revenue Service should be reorganized in order to strengthen the taxpayer assistance and enforcement divisions and narrow the $100,000,000 "tax gap".](https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HCONRES-138/)
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