

"Bridging the Tax Gap"
July 21, 2004, at 10:00 a.m. in 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Member Statements:
Charles Grassley, IA
Max Baucus, MT
Witness Statements:
Panel I
The Honorable Raymond T. Wagner, Jr., Member, IRS Oversight Board, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC
Mr. Mike Brostek, Director, Strategic Issues, U.S. General Accounting Office, Washington, DC
Ms. Pamela J. Gardiner, Acting Inspector General, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, Washington, DC
Mr. Joseph Bankman, Ralph M. Parsons Professor of Law and Business, Stanford Law School, Stanford, CA
Mr. Dale Brown, Taxpayer who engaged in an offshore tax shelter, Incline Village, NV
Panel II
The Honorable Mark Everson, Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service, Washington, DC
Mr. Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney of New York County, New York, NY
Ms. Debbie Langsea, Manager, California Franchise Tax Board, Sacramento, CA
Ms. Nina E. Olson, National Taxpayer Advocate, Taxpayer Advocate Service, Washington, DC
Mr. Nick Godici, Commissioner of Patents, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC