Word: paperwork
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...complicated. In Europe it has earned a reputation for simplicity only because it replaced a vastly more complex system of business turnover taxes. But in the United States experts predict that the VAT will force businessmen to spend much more time keeping their ledgers in order. By creating more paperwork, the VAT may push marginally profitable enterprises out of business...
...typical industry, he says, deals with tens of thousand of gallons of only a few hazardous materials. "But in a health laboratory," he continues, "you have an infinite variety but in smaller amounts." Industries, moreover, carefully control the number of people exposed to hazardous materials. The EPA's required paperwork alone might wreak havoc; "where you've got a huge number of people encountering toxic or carcinogenic substances, record-keeping problems are magnified," says Coddington. Harvard's government relations office is lobbying to make the rules more flexible. An EPA spokesman says the agency is now responding to institutional comments...
...effect of a clerical strike is extremely cumulative," she added, referring to a backlog of paperwork building...
Most workers were optimistic that the strike would end soon. "Things at the school seem to be running on schedule, but much of the internal paperwork has slowed down," union member Judy Riordan said yesterday...
...researcher affiliated with the school said Thursday her attempts to process the paperwork for a small federal grant last September took two months to complete...