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I don't think I'd have a problem answering that one. Well, good for you! And I don't expect your answer to be anything other than your own preconceptions posited upon the hypothetical itself.
A small business owner would of course, have to file indicating how much his sales were and how much he had collected in taxes, just as he does now.
Hypothetically speaking, of course.

Well, the Fair Tax bills in Congress would require that. I'm not sure why you think one cannot answer a hypothetical question about another form of taxation.

Besides a consumption tax is nothing new. Every tax known to man has been levied by the government, so why would a filing requirement be such a mystery?

I'm not sure why you think one cannot answer a hypothetical question about another form of taxation.
I don't think that. I never said one couldn't provide an answer.
I merely asked why you proffered a hypothetical.

Every tax known to man has been levied by the government...
Every tax known to man was instituted, as well as levied, by government. LOL
...so why would a filing requirement be such a mystery?
I see you've gone from hypothetical to rhetorical.
Nevertheless, in an attempt to answer you I give you Luke, Chapter 2...