There are important public policy arguments to be made in favor of maintaining the privacy of corporate returns. Nevertheless, making corporate tax returns or a portion thereof public would likely improve compliance. I believe this idea merits debate. Mark Everson
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![[He indicated the step-up in audits is likely to continue.] We need to do more and continue to increase it, particularly on the big income area, ... But I don't think it's necessarily the case that audits need to return to rates of 10 or more years ago. - Mark Everson Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=W0hlIGluZGljYXRlZCB0aGUgc3RlcC11cCBpbiBhdWRpdHMgaXMgbGlrZWx5IHRvIGNvbnRpbnVlLl0gV2UgbmVlZCB0byBkbyBtb3JlIGFuZCBjb250aW51ZSB0byBpbmNyZWFzZSBpdCwgcGFydGljdWxhcmx5IG9uIHRoZSBiaWcgaW5jb21lIGFyZWEsIC4uLiBCdXQgSSBkb24ndCB0aGluayBpdCdzIG5lY2Vzc2FyaWx5IHRoZSBjYXNlIHRoYXQgYXVkaXRzIG5lZWQgdG8gcmV0dXJuIHRvIHJhdGVzIG9mIDEwIG9yIG1vcmUgeWVhcnMgYWdvLiA=&author=ICBNYXJrIEV2ZXJzb24gICAg&num=2 "[He indicated the step-up in audits is likely to continue.] We need to do more and continue to increase it, particularly on the big income area, ... But I don't think it's necessarily the case that audits need to return to rates of 10 or more years ago. - Mark Everson Quotes")
![[Because of problems the pilot program exposed,] we're moving toward a position where we routinely look at compensation of executives when we conduct our audits of corporations, ... are going to pull the returns of key executives to determine whether the compensation has been correctly recorded. - Mark Everson Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=W0JlY2F1c2Ugb2YgcHJvYmxlbXMgdGhlIHBpbG90IHByb2dyYW0gZXhwb3NlZCxdIHdlJ3JlIG1vdmluZyB0b3dhcmQgYSBwb3NpdGlvbiB3aGVyZSB3ZSByb3V0aW5lbHkgbG9vayBhdCBjb21wZW5zYXRpb24gb2YgZXhlY3V0aXZlcyB3aGVuIHdlIGNvbmR1Y3Qgb3VyIGF1ZGl0cyBvZiBjb3Jwb3JhdGlvbnMsIC4uLiBhcmUgZ29pbmcgdG8gcHVsbCB0aGUgcmV0dXJucyBvZiBrZXkgZXhlY3V0aXZlcyB0byBkZXRlcm1pbmUgd2hldGhlciB0aGUgY29tcGVuc2F0aW9uIGhhcyBiZWVuIGNvcnJlY3RseSByZWNvcmRlZC4g&author=ICBNYXJrIEV2ZXJzb24gICAg&num=4 "[Because of problems the pilot program exposed,] we're moving toward a position where we routinely look at compensation of executives when we conduct our audits of corporations, ... are going to pull the returns of key executives to determine whether the compensation has been correctly recorded. - Mark Everson Quotes")
