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Articles by Lawrence Gibbs
Trump just fired 6,700 I.R.S. workers in the middle of tax season. That's a huge mistake.
If you were to ask the top chief executives in the world to name the best strategy to attack waste in their organizations and balance the books, there is one answer you would be very, very unlikely to hear: Take an ax to accounts receivable, the part of an organization responsible for collecting revenue.
Gutting the I.R.S. Is the Opposite of Fiscal Responsibility Original
If you were to ask the top chief executives in the world to name the best strategy to attack waste in their organizations and balance the books, there is one answer you would be very, very unlikely to hear: Take an ax to accounts receivable, the part of an organization responsible for collecting revenue.
Opinion | Five former IRS commissioners: Biden’s proposal would create a fairer tax system
The writers are former commissioners of the Internal Revenue Service: Lawrence B. Gibbs, 1986 to 1989; Fred T. Goldberg, 1989 to 1992; Margaret M. Richardson, 1993 to 1997; Charles O. Rossotti, 1997 to 2002; John Koskinen, 2013 to 2017. As former IRS commissioners, we know the challenges of administering the tax system, which has grown in size and complexity, particularly in recent years. Yet, during the past decade, budget cuts have substantially diminished the IRS workforce.
INSIGHT: Letâs Not Forget Thereâs a Reason For Keeping Tax Returns Private
Over this past weekend I read the timely article, âINSIGHT: My Taxes Are None of Your Business,â published by Bloomberg Tax on Aug. 10, 2019. The article was written by Alan Morrison, who is the Lerner Family Associate Dean at George Washington University Law School.
INSIGHT: Letâs Not Forget Thereâs a Reason for Keeping Tax Returns Private
Over this past weekend I read the timely article, âINSIGHT: My Taxes Are None of Your Business,â published by Bloomberg Tax on Aug. 10, 2019. The article was written by Alan Morrison, who is the Lerner Family Associate Dean at George Washington University Law School.
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