GAO Report to the Chairman , Subcommitteeon Oversight , Committee on Ways and Means , House of Representatives December 1996 IRS ’ 1996 TAX FILING SEASON Performance Goals Generally Met ; Efforts to Modernize Had Mixed Results

PREFACE --- In an April 6, 1982, request from the Chairman, Subcommittee on Oversight, House Committee on Ways and Means, we were asked to provide an analysis of the procompetition strategies for health

GAO I Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Health , Committee on Ways and Means , House of Representatives

Investigating Behavioral Responses to Positive Inducements for Filing Tax Returns

A significant amount of non-compliance associated with the personal income tax is due to the taxpayers who are not “in the system,” not having filed a tax return in the recent past or perhaps ever. We use experimental laboratory methods to examine two types of positive incentives for filing tax returns: tax credits and social safety net benefits, both of which are conditional on tax filing. Our...

Toward the New Century of Automobiles , All FY 2000 Goals Achieved

1967. He became a member of the board of directors in 1996 following various assignments, including that of Chief Engineer for the Crown, and later led efforts to develop electric vehicles. When he became Managing Director in June 1999, he was also appointed Chairman of the Environmental Product Design Assessment Committee. In addition, he has been overseeing Toyota’s efforts to develop fuel ce...

Management Matters: A Leverage Point for Health Systems Strengthening in Global Health

Despite a renewed focus in the field of global health on strengthening health systems, inadequate attention has been directed to a key ingredient of high-performing health systems: management. We aimed to develop the argument that management – defined here as the process of achieving predetermined objectives through human, financial, and technical resources – is a cross-cutting function necessa...