Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utcsrgv.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcsrgv!dave From: dave@utcsrgv.UUCP (Dave Sherman) Newsgroups: net.taxes Subject: Re: More IRS diarrhea Message-ID: <3317@utcsrgv.UUCP> Date: Sun, 19-Feb-84 23:40:28 EST Article-I.D.: utcsrgv.3317 Posted: Sun Feb 19 23:40:28 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 20-Feb-84 00:31:22 EST References: <238@heurikon.UUCP> Organization: The Law Society of Upper Canada, Toronto Lines: 22 That's not at all unusual. The Canadian Income Tax Act contains many examples like that; in fact, if you pick up the Act and open it up at random, the sentence you find will likely be (a) long, (b) incomprehensible at first glance, and (c) grammatically correct. The Act and Regulations are not designed to be read by lay persons; they are designed to be read by experts, who deal with the legislation all the time. Yes, it would be nice if you could understand it all, but the fact is the tax system is extraordinarily complex, and it's not at all easy for an untrained person to understand the primary source (legislation). If anyone's interested, I wrote a paper recently entitled "Comparative Analysis of U.S. and Canadian Approaches to Income Tax Legislative Design and Implications for Computerization." In fact, that very language of which you complain makes the system ultimately better structured and more easily handled by computer. Dave Sherman The Law Society of Upper Canada -- {allegra,cornell,decvax,ihnp4,linus,utzoo}!utcsrgv!dave