[upchuck]

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 ...

Like I said. The IRS goes away due to defunding and is replaced by the Sales Tax Bureau.

IMHO, the IRS is unfairly hated today. All they do is enforce the laws written by Congress. But the IRS takes the heat. So when you say the IRS is being abandoned, everybody cheers that because everybody "hates" the IRS.

However, what ever the tax scheme, Fair Tax, Flat Tax, what ever, a government entity will be needed for collection and enforcement. Call it the Sales Tax Bureau, call it the IRS, call it Incompetent Bureaucrats Doing A Bad Job, it's job will be enforcement and collection.

[Man50D]

Like I said. The IRS goes away due to defunding and is replaced by the Sales Tax Bureau.

Attempting to compare the IRS with The Treasury Department's function under The Fair Tax is comparing apples to oranges. The IRS uses it's convoluted and complex 67,000+ page tax code to enforce against individuals with tax laws so confusing even the IRS doesn't know the all the answers.

The Treasury Department will not need to enforce The Fair Tax against individuals. Individuals will have no choice but to comply with The Fair Tax whenever they make a purchase. Tax loopholes for individuals will be dramatically reduced as there will not be any exemptions for new products and services at the point of sale. Enforcement will be applied only against those collecting the tax(businesses).