ms. platte.there are other speakers, please line up before we close public comment. >> i have sat on the landmarks preservation advisory board under four mayors. i participated in writing the initial articles 10 and 11. i have been a historic preservation commissioner since then. i am unalterably opposed to this legislation. i support the heritage and other preservation community members' legislation. i am disappointed that what i thought had been agreed to in terms of compromise does not seem to exist. i am also concerned, i think, because i do receive your calendar in the mail, that last week's calendar was talking about how we had substitute legislation all the time, going back to the department in planning commission review. i called the department last week to find out what was good to be on the calendar this week, and they did not know about it. i have looked at the historic preservation officer's letter. he is approving the legislation that he saw on late march. march 30 and march 22. i am

ms. olson? >> chairman platts, ranking member towns and members of the subcommittee, thank you for inviting me tostify today about the subject of the tax gap and tax related identity theft. both of these issues present challenges to tax administration. regarding the tax gap, the irs recently released and that the tax gap of 385 net tax cut estimate of 385 billion in 2006, and decisive this estimate is understandably attracted considerable attention. there are many causes of noncompliance including difficulty understanding and complying with the law, inability to pay due to financial hardship, and deliberate and sisters -- understatement of texter i believe the complexity of the tax code is responsible for considerable portion of noncompliance. as i've repeatedly recommended in my reports to congress, if you'll simplify the code, while you're working on that and i'm ever the optimist in that regard, that there are other steps that can be taken. first, the irs should be given the resources to substantially improve its taxpayers services. the percentage of calls the iris answers, known as the level