Tax office may take some solace in the fact that
Matthew was a tax collector before he became a
saint.
— Donald C. Alexander
— Donald C. Alexander
People want just taxes more than they want lower
taxes. They want to know that every man is paying
his proportionate share according to his wealth.
— Will Rogers
— Will Rogers
As a cop, the IRS has to balance customer service
and law enforcement. Stated another way, the agen-
cy’s motto could be: ‘‘We’re your friend. But if you
push that friendship too far, we’ll ruin your life and
then throw you in jail.’’
— Christopher Bergin
— Christopher Bergin
A remarkable and potentially far-reaching byproduct of America’s voluntary system of taxa- tion is a tax collector that actually aspires to be popular.
— J. Mark Iwry
Australian Tax office shake-up puts private sector experts at the helm
A management shake-up at the Australian Taxation Office after the retirement of second commissioner Neil Olesen will leave the top three positions filled by tax practitioners hailing from private sector advisory firms for the first time in the agency's history.
Mr Olesen's looming exit on November 30 after 35 years as a tax office insider was announced internally to ATO staff this week.
Former KPMG partner Jeremy Hirschhorn, who is currently responsible for enforcing tax compliance by large companies, will be elevated from ATO deputy commissioner to acting second commissioner.
He will join commissioner of taxation and former KPMG partner and policeman, Chris Jordan, and former Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills partner turned second commissioner, Andrew Mills, at the top of the ATO.
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Overall, the complexity of the tax code leads to perverse results. On the one hand, taxpayers who honestly seek to comply with the law often make inadvertent errors, causing them to either overpay their tax or become subject to IRS enforcement action for mistaken underpayments. On the other hand, sophisticated taxpayers often find arcane provisions that enable them to reduce or eliminate their tax liabilities.