[upchuck]

Oh, so it isn’t so much that the eeevil IRS will be eliminated, the IRS will just be replaced with the “sales tax administration.”

Will the “sales tax administration” also oversee enforcement as the IRS does now?

Please don’t misunderstand, I am a fan of the Fair Tax. It’s just that I take a very pragmatic view of it. It AIN’T all sweetness and light with everybody living happily ever after.

I strongly suspect the IRS will not “go away.” Rather it will be renamed the Sales Tax Administration or something and do pretty much the same job it does today, collection and enforcement. Somebody has to do it.

[Man50D]

Will the “sales tax administration” also oversee enforcement as the IRS does now?

strongly suspect the IRS will not “go away.” Rather it will be renamed the Sales Tax Administration or something and do pretty much the same job it does today, collection

Per the bill

SEC. 301. PHASE-OUT OF ADMINISTRATION OF REPEALED FEDERAL TAXES. (a) Appropriations- Appropriations for any expenses of the Internal Revenue Service including processing tax returns for years prior to the repeal of the taxes repealed by title I of this Act, revenue accounting, management, transfer of payroll and wage data to the Social Security Administration for years after fiscal year 2011 shall not be authorized.

This means no funding for the IRS! The IRS will cease to exist without funding!

SEC. 302. ADMINISTRATION OF OTHER FEDERAL TAXES. (a) In General- Section 7801 (relating to the authority of the Department of the Treasury) is amended by adding at the end the following:

(d) Excise Tax Bureau- There shall be in the Department of the Treasury an Excise Tax Bureau to administer those excise taxes not administered by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.

(e) Sales Tax Bureau- There shall be in the Department of the Treasury a Sales Tax Bureau to administer the national sales tax in those States where it is required pursuant to section 404, and to discharge other Federal duties and powers relating to the national sales tax (including those required by sections 402, 403, and 405). The Office of Revenue Allocation shall be within the Sales Tax Bureau.

Translation: The existing Treasury Department will oversee collection of the tax!

Your claim to be a fan of The Fair Tax is questionable at best considering the answers to all your questions are in the bill or at The Americans For Fair Taxation website. Your ludicrous remarks clearly show you still have not taken any time to access either of the links provided to you in my post #56. Access both before making anymore erroneous statements.

[Principled]

Hello upchuck,

yes there is obviously an enforcement arm of the nrst. Did someone tell you otherwise?

Anyway, the big differences [imo] are that the taxing authority, or whatever it’s called, does not come after private individuals - only businesses who sell at retail. This is a major advantage and improvement over the existing tax authority - who can come after anyone, anytime, for no reason.

Another reason for me is that the nrst removes the “guilty until proven innocent” tactics of the brutal IRS. This also represents an improvement over our existing tax system.

BTW, states may either contract the service of collecting, remitting, enforcing the sales tax to another state. This is unlikely given the revenues they’d be forfeiting [1/4th of a pct of revenues remitted].