TaxConnection Blogger Annette Nellen posts about the "blank slate" tax reformOn June 27, 2013, Senators Hatch and Baucus of the Senate Finance Committee called upon their colleagues to provide suggestions for which special tax rules should remain in or be added to a reformed federal tax system. Comments on this “blank slate” approach were to be submitted by July 26, 2013. To help encourage participation, it was later announced that there would be no linking of any proposal to any senator until 50 years later (The Hill, “Tax writers promise 50 years of secrecy for senators’ suggestions,” 7/24/13). Of course, senators could release their letters to the public on their own. Several senators have done so. But, with the promised secrecy, we likely won’t know how many Read More