October 18, 2019
With the passing of the October 15 deadline for filing individual income tax returns on extension, the extent to which taxpayers voluntarily comply with their tax obligations is top of mind for many tax professionals and observers. For people concerned with such things, the Internal Revenue Service periodically issues reports measuring voluntary compliance with the tax laws by computing the so-called “tax gap”, which purports to represent the difference between taxes that are owed and taxes that are paid. [...]