Tax Legislation
Pease was responsible for creating legislation within the United States Internal Revenue Code (tax code) whereby taxpayers who made excess amounts of adjusted gross income would lose(proportionally) their itemized deductions. Known as the "Pease Limitations", this legislation was controversial.
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