20 Quotes by Mark Everson

We're moving aggressively to reduce the tax gap, ... But no one should think we can totally eliminate the gap. That would take Draconian measures and make the government too intrusive. We have to strike the right balance.

We want people to get the refunds they're entitled to. Taxpayers can't get a refund if they don't file a return.

We want to make sure the stars 'walk the line' when it comes to these goodie bags.

Nobody wants to feel that you can get away with something if you're rich or a big corporation.

With many predicting a decline in gas prices over coming months, we will hold off on setting the 2006 rate until closer to January.

People are entitled to deduct the real cost of operating a vehicle. We've responded to the recent gas-price increases by making this special adjustment so taxpayers get the tax benefit they deserve.

Overall, we received more tax returns electronically this year than the number of paper returns we processed for the entire United States in 1966.

Our goal is to get this money back in the hands of the people it belongs to,

We saw a surge of e-filing at the end of the tax season, particularly with people using software on home computers.