Tax Day may now be in our rearview mirror with taxpayers putting away their calculators, pens and aspirin until next April rolls around. But what can’t be relegated to a desk drawer is the frustration at a tax code that is simply out of control in its sheer size and complexity.

It’s a thirty-year-old problem in need of a solution. Fortunately for taxpayers and our economy, that solution – comprehensive tax reform – is within our grasp as the House Ways and Means Committee has kicked off a series of hearings.