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Article Excerpt
Taxation is, in fact, the most difficult function of government and that against which their citizens are most apt to be refractory.
Thomas Jefferson
A recent issue of Governing magazine depicts the Mississippi State Tax Commission as "one of the most under-funded, underperforming and unlucky revenue agencies in the nation."
"The state has cut the commission's budget about 5% in each of the past two years -- on top of a 10% staffing cut in the early 1990s," Governing said in a recent article that evaluated the tax structures and management of the 50 states. "There currently are 88 vacancies that have gone unfilled for lack of funds, including 22 auditing positions."
The article concludes that Mississippi isn't alone, and that the vast majority of state tax systems are inadequate for the task of funding a 21st-century government. "In addition, at a time when states are desperate to collect every dime they're owed, many are short-changing their tax-collection departments, cutting revenue agency budgets with a heavy hand," Governing said.
Ed Buelow, chairman of the Mississippi Tax Commission, agrees the agency is underfunded. But he doesn't go along with it being underperforming and unlucky. He says...
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