Surprise! Tax cheats will pay if you ask them to
The winning tactic: a short letter explaining that delinquency is not the norm.
Most Americans comply with the tax laws, but every year many of our fellow citizens don't. The result is the “tax gap” — the amount of revenue that the government loses because people are cheating. In one recent year, for example, the tax gap was $450 billion. That's a lot of money — more th
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