There is nothing in the bill that limits audits to business. Anyone liable for tax, which includes consumers, can be audited and penalized. There is no protection for consumers. Here's another interesting bit out of the bill:
`SEC. 506. BURDEN OF PERSUASION AND BURDEN OF PRODUCTION.
`In all disputes concerning taxes imposed by this subtitle, the person engaged in a dispute with the sales tax administering authority or the Secretary, as the case may be, shall have the burden of production of documents and records but the sales tax administering authority or the Secretary shall have the burden of persuasion.
So there is nothing from stopping the government from asking for your papers, and you have the 'burdon of production of documents"! I think you may just be a little mixed up on what exactly this bill does.
Wrong. Anyone liable for remitting tax can be audited. Consumers pay the tax, retailers remit the tax.
Looking for reasons that don't exist to reject this?