Even though the base, rate and other characteristics of the Fair Tax are significantly different from the Texas sales tax, it would be feasible for our office to collect the Fair Tax by expanding and enhancing the systems we currently have in place. For example, we would:
Expand our current system for registering Texas retailers to include registration of sellers under the Fair Tax (615,000 businesses are currently registered as sellers in Texas; under the Fair Tax, 1.5 million Texas businesses would have to be registered);
--Billy Hamilton, Deputy Comptroller, State of Texas
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"Expand our current system for registering Texas retailers to include registration of sellers under the Fair Tax (615,000 businesses are currently registered as sellers in Texas; under the Fair Tax, 1.5 million Texas businesses would have to be registered)"
The tax base of the FairTax is broader than that of many state sales taxes. If it were narrower, the revenue neutral rate would have to be higher. Then you would criticize the rate, wouldn't you YN? Even more than you already do, I mean. LOL
The ones in retail do.
When I had two pet shops, Texas decided dog haircuts had to be taxed.