Congress Can't Wait to Begin Tinkering with New Tax Law

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WASHINGTON (AP) - If you really believed the 879-page ``Tax Reform Act of 1986'' was the tax bill to end all tax bills and that Congress was going to enact the landmark measure and leave the tax code alone for awhile, well, you'd better think again.

The Congressional Record for the first few days of the 1987 session shows that more than 100 tax bills have been introduced, many of them proposing to undo provisions that were approved barely three months ago.

Some of the bills seek to plow new ground. Some are introduced routinely, year after year. Most reflect concern about safety, education, home ownership, the economy - and, of course, the folks back …