Give it one last shot. If you are not taxed on your business purchases, how will your cost of business increase? 0%*X=? (X=Cost of doing business for AR)
OK, it has to do with the new sales tax I now have to charge my customers. On $7.5 million in sales, I have to charge my customers $2.25 million in sales tax. Under NRST, I would have to cut my costs $1.725 million so I can charge my customers the same gross amount. I look at all my compliance costs, I look at all my payroll taxes, I look at all my subcontractors taxes, and there is no where close to $1.725 million to save. Absolutely impossible. Under NRST there is no way around me having to charge customers a lot more to buy a new house. And I mean a LOT more.