Professor Mark J. Perry's Blog for Economics and Finance
From Don't Mess With Taxes: Above is a graphic showing the number of pages in the tax code from its inception in 1913, when the code contained 400 pages. That number held pretty steady until 1945, when it ballooned to 8,200 pages. The code hit 14,000 pages by 1954 and there was no stopping it. So far this year, we're up to 67,506 pages of tax law.
Dr. Mark J. Perry is a professor of economics and finance in the School of Management at the Flint campus of the University of Michigan. Perry holds two graduate degrees in economics (M.A. and Ph.D.) from George Mason University near Washington, D.C. In addition, he holds an MBA degree in finance from the Curtis L. Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota. In addition to a faculty appointment at the University of Michigan-Flint, Perry is also a visiting scholar at The American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C.
4 Comments:
That's incredible.
I recently finished reading a book on the FairTax. I'm interested in hearing your take on it.
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I would like to see a comparison chart that includes the number of pages, GDP, number of IRS employees, number of tax returns filed (all tax entities), etc.
We could really have some fun with this one. It seems kind of boring to just throw in the number of pages in the tax code.
Very Good articles , you make some interesting points .
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