20 Quotes by Charles Rossotti

There are about 800,000 small businesses started every year, ... Small businesses don't have enough time to deal with their taxes. We are trying to make it more convenient for them.

To improve service, the IRS needs to break out of its technological time warp from the 1950s and 1960s, ... In the long run, this new partnership will help us replace archaic technology with the modern tools we need to deliver top-quality service to taxpayers.

We think it provides a very powerful incentive for business investment.

The bottom line, the amount of tax that is actually paid, will be distributed essentially the same way it is now. Taxpayers with very high incomes, middle and upper incomes, lower incomes will pay about the same burdens ... but with a lot less hassle.

The bottom line: Taxpayers will pay about the same.

This is something that sounds pretty easy and obvious on the surface. But there are some very significant practical problems that rule it out.

This creates a ripple effect for small-business owners, ... There are fewer payments. There is less paperwork. There are fewer chances for mistakes. And it frees up valuable resources for small businesses and the IRS.

It is relatively easy for the IRS to verify the returns and reported income of taxpayers whose income results from wages, interest and dividends, and who take the standard deduction, who comprise the majority of taxpayers, ... It is harder, and often requires audits, to verify the income of taxpayers with other forms of income and deductions.

I hope you get your problem solved today,