By Eric Stock

WASHINGTON – With the April 18 tax deadline approaching, this is the time of year when tax reform advocates suggest the U.S. simplify its tax code.

U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis told WJBC’s Scott Laughlin he believes it can and will get done.

PODCAST: Listen to Scott’s interview with Davis on WJBC.

“With our new (House) Ways and Means Committee chairman Kevin Brady, I think we can actually get it done,” Davis said.

David recommends a plan where each tax provision would have to be justified or eliminated.

“What we have to do is have a plan on the table that is proposed and if people say their provision is necesssary then it should be up to them in and convince us it needs to stay,” Davis said. “At that point, we can get to bipartisan tax reform.”

There’s a bill in Congress that could do that. A measure in Congress which has 130 co-sponsors would set the current tax code to expire by the end of 2019 to force Congress to create a new tax code. That measure would require a two-thirds majority.

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