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 Back in 1985, a group of ambitious lawmakers set out to reform the federal income tax code. House Ways & Means Chair Dan Rostenkowski introduced the legislation. (This was before he became inmate #25338-016 at the Oxford Federal Correctional Institution.) Congress held dozens of hearings, cast 29 roll call votes, and debated 111 amendments on philosophical questions like Dan Quayle's proposal "to provide that the period during which an individual is in the United States competing in a charitable sporting event shall not be taken into account in determining whether such individual is a resident alien."

Ten months and 18 days later, President Reagan signed the Tax Reform Act of 1986 into law. Two years after that, Congress passed a "technical corrections" bill to fix hundreds of drafting errors that made it into the final text.

Drafting errors and "technical" corrections certainly make tax planning harder. But they don't make it any less important. We can't let the perfect be the enemy of the good. So call us when you're tired of wasting money on taxes you don't have to pay, and let's see if we can show Congress how to do it right.