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            UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
                    WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548


                                      FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
                                      EXPECTED AT 10:00 A.M. EDT
                                      JUNE 10, 1981


                   COMPREHENSIVE STATEMENT OF

                 WILLIAM J. ANDERSOIN, DIRECTOR ,

                 GENERAL GOVERNMENT DIVISION             115485

                           BEFORE THE

    SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, CONSUMER AND MONETARY AFFAIRS

            HOUSE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

                             ON THE

               INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE'S EFFORTS

                 AGAINST ILLEGAL TAX PROTESTERS


Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee:

     We are pleased to assist the Subcommittee in its inquiry

into the illegal tax protester problem. Our testimony is based

on the results of our review of the Internal Revenue Service's

(IRS') efforts to detect and deter illegal tax protesters. The

review was done, of course, at the Subcommittee's request. (A

brief description of the objectives, scope, and methodology of

our review is included as appendix I.)

     We would like to state at the outset that the illegal tax

protest movement has grown significantly in the past few years.

Although it is but a part of the subterranean economy, it

alone poses a threat to our Nation's voluntary compliance tax

system. To counter this threat, IRS has taken some important


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