ObamaCare = 80 MILLION HOURS of Taxation

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IRS Estimates Nearly 80 MILLION HOURS Of Needed Compliance For Families and Businesses

Posted by Rhett Brooks on Monday, September 17, 2012 12:37 PM EDT

IRS estimates nearly 80 million hours of needed compliance for families and businesses

The House Committee on Ways and Means has compiled an estimate of the total amount of hours it will take to comply with the taxes contained in Obamacare.  Based on IRS estimates, it will take nearly 80 million hours for families and businesses to comply with Obamacare taxes.   To put this in perspective, according to Ways and Means, it is the equivalent of the Empire State Building being constructed 11 times, a building which took 7 million man-hours to build.

To make matters worse, Ways and Means has concluded that over half of the burden of tax compliance for Obamacare will fall on small businesses. 

The IRS's numbers have led many, including former IRS Commissioner Fred Goldberg to express their disapproval with Obamacare.  At the Ways and Means hearing last Tuesday, Goldberg stated:

"I believe the ACA in its current form will be a needless administrative and compliance quagmire for millions of Americans and that the ACA's powerful financial incentives will lead to significant unintended consequences that policy makers very much want to avoid."

Below is the number of hours each tax component of Obamacare will take for compliance and the aggregate amount at the bottom.

Regulation	Annual Burden in Labor Hours
1545-0023 Quarterly Federal Excise Tax Return	4,366,381
1545-0047 Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax Under Section 501(c), 527, or 4947(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code (except black lung benefit trust or private foundation)	25,766,156
1545-0090 Form 1040-SS, U.S. Self-Employment Tax Return; Form 1040-PR, Planilla Para La Declaracion De La Contribucion Federal Sobre El Trabajo Por Cuenta Propia-Puerto Rico; and Anejo H-PR	2,801,605
1545-0895 Form 3800, General Business Credit	5,307,500
1545-2172 Affordable Care Act Enrollment Opportunity Notice Relating to Extended Dependent Coverage	411,000
1545-2175 Form 8942 - Application for Certification of Qualified Investments Eligible for Credits; Notice 2010-XX - Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project Credit	14,545
1545-2177 Indoor Tanning Services; Cosmetic Services; Excise Tax	10,000
1545-2178 Interim Final Rules for Group Health Plans and Health Insurance Coverage Relating to Status as a Grandfathered Health Plan under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (TD XXXX)	323,000
1545-2179 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Enrollment Opportunity Notice Relating to Lifetime Benefits	1,300
1545-2180 Affordable Care Act Notice of Rescission	25
1545-2181 Affordable Care Act Notice of Patient Protections	33,000
1545-2182 Affordable Care Act Internal Claims and Appeals and External Review Disclosures	150
1545-2192 Form 8947 - Report of Branded Prescription Drug Information	3,584
1545-2198 Form 8941 - Credit for Small Employer Health Insurance Premiums	40,189,456
1545-2209 Branded Prescription Drugs	1,800
1545-2232 Health Insurance Premium Tax Credit	1

ANNUAL TOTAL BURDEN HOURS: 79,229,503

Thank You ATR and Mr Brooks