Corporate Income Tax burden swamps Individual Income tax burden for Low- and Middle-income families.
Corporate Income Tax burden swamps Individual Income tax burden for Low- and Middle-income families.
Most people can easily see the advantages of replacing the personal income tax and employee payroll taxes with a national sales tax like the FAIRtax: no more income tax withholding and payroll tax deductions taken out of their paychecks, no more filing of annual tax returns, no need to hire a professional tax preparer, no more onerous record keeping, and so on. The advantages of the FAIRtax also repealing corporate income taxes and employer payroll taxes, on the other hand, are not so obvious. Some question the giving of a tax break to business. After all, business should pay its fair share of taxes. But is business actually paying? Studies show otherwise.
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Chairman's Report – March 18, 2016
Chairman's Report – March 18, 2016
Yesterday was St. Patrick’s Day. St. Patrick was actually born in Britain and first came to Ireland when he was captured by Irish pirates and brought to Ireland as a slave. At the time, Ireland was a land of Druids and believers of ... READ MORE
Nearly $1B in IRS refunds about to be forfeited
Nearly $1B in IRS refunds about to be forfeited
An IRS legal deadline looms in April to claim more than $950 million in 2012 federal tax refunds. An estimated 1 million-plus taxpayers risk losing their share of the funds because they haven't yet filed the tax returns... READ MORE
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Governments and the FAIRtax
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Governments and the FAIRtax
One of the questions I am often asked about the FAIRtax is, “Why is the sales tax (FAIRtax) applied to governments?” And, to that, I have a very simple response, “Because every government of the United States pays federal taxes today and the amount of revenues from those taxes must be recaptured with the sales tax in order to continue paying for the expenditures and debts of the Federal Government.”
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IRS Has Answered Only 15.6 Percent of Calls This Tax Filing Season
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IRS Has Answered Only 15.6 Percent of Calls This Tax Filing Season
The IRS has answered only 15.6 percent of customer service calls during the 2016 tax-filing season so far, according to testimony from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.
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