Submit A Tax Reform Suggestion

Submit A Tax Reform Suggestion

The Taxpayer Advocate Service has established a vehicle to receive taxpayers鈥?suggestions about tax reform. We ask that you approach this with the frame of mind that everything - even the tax breaks that benefit you or your businesses personally - should be on the table. What would you be willing to give up if you knew that others are giving up their breaks and the end result would be a much simpler system? What particular provisions of the existing tax system are especially burdensome or seem particularly unfair? So, let us know. We track these suggestions and post them periodically, thereby helping to further the cause of tax reform and tax simplification. These posted suggestions represent a range of comments that illustrate the diversity of thought and the seriousness with which taxpayers responded. We thank everyone who has left comments, and encourage others to join this dialogue. The Taxpayer Advocate Service will not respond directly to your suggestions. Your suggestions are compiled and reviewed by the National Taxpayer Advocate. You will not receive an individual response. If you're experiencing a tax problem with the IRS and haven't been able to resolve it yourself, please contact TAS.

Fill with sugar and use for sprinkling sugar on cereal. This takes up less room than a sugar bowl. Fill with Confectioner's sugar, and use when sprinkling on plain cake or cupcakes. Use food coloring to dye sugar different colors, fill the containers with the different colors and then use when sprinkling on Christmas cookies. Store smaller game pieces. Storage of sugar, salt, pepper when camping. Use for a pencil/pen holder. Use for storage of children's toys. It will fit under the bed and it is ready for travel to a friend's house. Use as an extra dresser if you don't have enough room for all of your clothes. Keep in the closet or under your bed. Use for storage of out-of-season clothing to free up closet space. Make into a sentimental storage unit. First paint the suitcase the color of your choice, then glue photocopies of family pictures, greeting cards, etc to the outside, finishing with a protective coating.

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