U.S. tax code exploded from 1.5 million words in 1955 to 10 million in 2015. There are over 70,000 pages of tax regulations.

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In a recent Pew poll, 72 percent of Americans said that they were bothered by how complex the federal tax system is. These taxpayers are justified in their complaints: as of 2015, federal tax laws and regulations have grown to over 10 million words in length.

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This figure includes the federal internal revenue code (2,412,000 words long) and federal tax regulations (7,655,000 words long). It does not include the substantial body of tax-related case law that is often vital to understanding the tax code.

https://taxfoundation.org/blog/federal-tax-laws-and-regulations-are-now-over-10-million-words-long/

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