We like to poke fun at the IRS, and many point the finger at the IRS for our tax code. As tax day approaches, a friendly reminder, it’s congress that writes the rules, all 2500+ pages. U.S. Representative Rob Portman suggested that compliance each year takes 5.4 billion hours. This is 2.7 million person-work-years, a staggering number. The IRS is just the enforcer/collector, not the insane author of this mess.