So businesses don't even deal with the feds, just their local sales tax authority.At what point does a local tax collector collecting federal taxes NOT become a federal tax collector?
i agree. why not skip the federal individual/sales/etc tax altogether and just directly charge each state x dollars per year -- where x is some formula based on who knows what.
let each state figure out how they are going to pay/pass-on the costs of being part of the United States.
that would be one way to make the _17th_ amendment disappear quickly. the founding fathers rejected income taxes (or any direct taxes) unless they were apportioned to each state by population. also, yes i meant 17 not 16 - states will want their vote back once they are getting the bill.
Tax collection will be done by the most local authority. So if your city has a sales tax you deal with a city employee.
Local city/state employees are a hell of alot easier to deal with than a buearucrat 2000 miles away. You can go down there and rattle their cage and actually make your point without having to wade thru 15 layers of lawyers and all the expense involved in that.
Further, The calculations involved for FairTax are EASIER than local sales tax. There are no retail exemptions for one kind of item or another. The only exemptions would be for those having a resale certificate, which states and local government already know how to deal with.
The pressure will be on local and state sales tax authorities to simplfy their tax, removing exempted items and thereby (perhaps)lowering the effective rate.
Why, Looey, OBVIOUSLY when he's a state tax collector ... but I thought you knew that.