To: Alex Murphy
Tax professionals generally regard the idea as impractical, regressive and even "crackpot," as one critic puts it.Of course tax professionals hate it. It puts them out of business!
No complex IRS code - NO NEED TO GO TO TAX PROFESSIONALS!
The sales tax is rung up automatically at the cash register and paid on the spot.
Simple!
You are taxed on consumption - not earnings.
To: NoControllingLegalAuthority
Of course tax professionals hate it. It puts them out of business!Thats one reason it will never happen.
42 posted on
12/24/2007 8:20:58 AM PST by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: NoControllingLegalAuthority
Exactly. It would put them out of work. I can understand why they desire to defend the source of their livelihood, even if the income tax is a gross abuse of people's time, money and productivity.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
43 posted on
12/24/2007 8:21:26 AM PST by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: NoControllingLegalAuthority
Tax professionals generally regard the idea as impractical, regressive and even "crackpot," as one critic puts it. Exactly why we'll never have a flat tax or a fair tax or anything simple: the tax lawyers have too much of an interest in keeping the system as complicated as humanly possible.
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