Advocate says taxpayers, IRS befuddled by confusing laws

Wednesday, January 12, 2005

WASHINGTON -- There are education tax breaks that require an 83-page manual to decipher. A dozen options for retirement savings accounts. A mysterious "second layer" of taxation -- the alternative minimum tax -- that could mean the difference between a refund or a tax bill.

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