On May 9, Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and House Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich.) launched a website and a Twitter handle aimed at inviting taxpayers to offer comments and complaints about how to change the tax code. Developed in partnership with the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT), TaxReform.gov will serve as a platform for the American public to weigh in on tax reform. The website highlights the work already underway including the 50 combined hearings between the two committees, as well as the discussion drafts and policy papers that have been released.
Former House Ways and Means Chairman Dan Rostenkowski (D-Ill.) pursued a similar nationwide write-in when he encouraged a nationally televised audience in 1985 to send him letters of support for reforming the tax code addressed to “Rosty." As a result, Rostenkowski received more than 75,000 letters and post cards from the public.
For more information, please contact Brian Lenihan at (202) 547-4733 or lenihanb@agc.org.
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