TAX EQUITY: Lack of Data Limits Ability to Analyze Effects of Tax Policies on Households by Demographic Characteristics.

UNITED States. Government Accountability Office ; UNITED States. Dept. of the Treasury

The article discusses the United States Government Accountability Office's (GAO's) recommendation for Congress to revise relevant laws to facilitate interagency data sharing to analyze the effects of tax policies on households. GAO also recommends that the Department of the Treasury evaluate the feasibility of other options to produce secure, linked taxpayer and demographic data.