Ron Wyden Quotes

As American taxpayers know too well, the tax code is incredibly complex and compliance is all to expensive.

That's the biggest problem, is the tax code itself.

The tax code is now nine times longer than the Bible, and not nearly as interesting.

Corporations must pay tax.

The United States has a system of taxation by confession

Our 15 thousand page tax code is incomprehensible and unenforceable.

Look at the current tax code. It’s a 10 million word mess..

No average citizen in America today can figure out the tax code.

I think a great starting point for a debate and discussion over a national consumption tax is, let's start with the Fair Tax, legislation that has been written up and, I think, signed up on by 80 congressmen and women.

For years, people have begged Washington for a tax code that is simple and easy to understand.

Tax reform exists, sort of, as an outline - miles away from being actual passed legislation.

The important thing about tax reform is you make the tax code less complicated, easier for people to understand.

We're going to look awfully stupid if we give income tax relief to people who do not pay income taxes.

North Carolina needs to revamp the tax code completely. We have some of the highest tax rates, like the corporate tax rate, in the country.

There certainly is a case to be made that taxes should be more progressive.

Businesses large and small shouldn't have to check the expiration date of a tax provision to see if it's still good.

Nobody is opposed to paying taxes; governments need to coordinate, work together and simplify the law.

We should take a look at our tax system every 75 years or so.

Our tax system is based on individual self-assessment and voluntary compliance

The Internal Revenue Code is like a tire that has been patched over and over…. At this point however, it is more patch than tire.

That’s why the tax code is so long [76,000 pages]. So we can take advantage of it.

It’s not easy to get rid of tax loopholes. The reason they are there is that people wanted them there.

There is regressivity built into the tax code by virtue of its complexity.

I would rather we limited - for the sake of transparency - we limited the number of taxes that we had and we were right up front about what they are, how much they are, and so forth.

The tax code is just too big.