SIX MAJOR ACCOUNTING FIRMS SEND IRS TAX GAP WHITE PAPER
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gap. Go to New York Times and secrch for articles on these firms.
You may want to start with KPMG.
Now Everson has moved onto the Red Cross
Here are the cover letter and the URL for the White Paper.
http://op.bna.com/dt.nsf/id/csaz-73xjw3/$File/Tax%20Gap%20Final%205-24-07.pdf
Cheers,
WDK
May 24, 2007
Honorable Mark W. Everson
Commissioner
Internal Revenue Service
1111 Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20224
Dear Commissioner Everson:
In response to your request for comments on efforts to increase
voluntary compliance and reduce the Tax Gap, we are submitting the
enclosed whitepaper which represents the collective efforts of the six
largest global accounting firms to provide an initial response to your
request.
The Tax Gap is a multifaceted problem and requires the development and
implementation of a comprehensive strategy that takes into account the
varying sources of noncompliance, reasonable capabilities of
enforcement and tax administration (including technology), and an
appropriate time frame for implementation. The Treasury Department
framework for such a comprehensive strategy is an important starting
point for discussion of the Tax Gap. The enclosed whitepaper provides
comments on the Treasury Strategy framework in general as well as on
each of its components.
Thank you for the opportunity to share our views on efforts to improve
voluntary compliance and reducing the Tax Gap.
Sincerely,
R. Richard Brown Chester J. Wood
National Director, Tax Quality Chief Executive Officer
BDO Seidman LLP Deloitte Tax LLP
Mark A. Weinberger Mark Stutman
Americas Vice Chairman - Tax Services National Managing Partner - Tax
Services
Ernst & Young LLP Grant Thornton LLP
Charles J Wood
Chief Executive Officer
Deloitte Tax LLP
Mark Stutman
National Managing Partner - Tax Service
Grant Thornton LLP
Shaun T. Kelly
Vice Chair - Tax
KPMG LLP
J. Richard Stamm
U. S. Tax Leader
Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP