Quite simply, a third tax amnesty is a bad idea.

And that's another reason I believe the second tax amnesty program is a good idea.

The problem, he said, is that lawmakers like tax amnesty programs.

That is the theory behind a tax amnesty plan moving through the Legislature.

German officials have said in recent days that they are considering a similar tax amnesty.

Q. Connecticut had a tax amnesty program five years ago.

The administration may also call for a tax amnesty.

There is no such thing as a tax amnesty.

The two had developed a working relationship while working on the state tax amnesty bill in 2009.

Most dramatically, the administration wants to declare the first tax amnesty in almost a decade.

State officials say the difference has been made up by other measures, like a tax amnesty program that is expected to reap $20 million.

And that is really the goal of tax amnesty.

Tax amnesty simply means that the tax base will include more people than ever before.

Connecticut is the first to offer a second, full-blown tax amnesty program.

He is sponsoring the tax amnesty and fought to have it included.

The Italian tax amnesty is a case in point.

But the experience suggests that a Federal tax amnesty program is likely to raise much less than the $35 billion its proponents have predicted.

We looked at the 34 states that have had a tax amnesty program and most of the applications were from personal, individual filers.

This is the first time since 1987 that New Jersey has offered tax amnesty.

The state collected $350 million in its tax amnesty program, more than four times the amount originally anticipated, officials said yesterday.

He also allowed a amendment that would add $1 billion to farm programs offset with revenue from a tax amnesty program.

Of the $80 million in additional back taxes expected through the tax amnesty program, officials said about half would be sales and use taxes.

Critics of tax amnesties say such plans encourage people to avoid paying their taxes.

He said that a recent tax amnesty helped get a lot of "money out of the mattresses."

Q. Should the Federal government offer a tax amnesty?