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March 14, 2006
How Big Is the Tax Code, Really?
We previously have blogged (here and here) the all-important question: how big is the tax code, really? On the assumption that most readers of this blog do not regularly visit trygve.com, check out the dozen answers provided by members of the U.S. Congress cataloged in "How Long is It?" (The United States Tax Code):
Number of words in tax code:
- 1 million
- 5.5 million
- 5,6 million
- 7 million
- 500 million
Number of pages of tax code:
- 2,500
- 3,458
- 6,000
- 9,000
- 9.471
- 17,000
- 44,000
- 60,000
- 13,000,000
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