[csmusaret]

Oh I see. By eliminating the IRS you really mean reducing the size of the IRS. I understand eliminate sounds better, and that is important when you are trying to sell a new program, but it is still a misleading use of the language. The IRS is not going away.

[phil_will1]

“The IRS is not going away.”

Yes, it is. To borrow a phrase from the first President Bush: “watch and learn.”

[Bigun]

H.R.25

Fair Tax Act of 2009 (Introduced in House - IH)

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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 PHASE-OUT OF ADMINISTRATION OF REPEALED FEDERAL TAXES.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expenses of the Internal Revenue Service including processing tax returns for years prior to the repeal of the taxes repealed by title I of this Act, revenue accounting, management, transfer of payroll and wage data to the Social Security Administration for years after fiscal year 2013 shall not be authorized.

(b) Records- Federal records related to the administration of taxes repealed by title I of this Act shall be destroyed by the end of fiscal year 2013, except that any records necessary to calculate Social Security benefits shall be retained by the Social Security Administration and any records necessary to support ongoing litigation with respect to taxes owed or refunds due shall be retained until final disposition of such litigation.

(c) Conforming Amendments- Section 7802 is amended--

(1) by striking subsections (a) and (b) and by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (a) and (b),

(2) by striking `Internal Revenue Service' each place it appears and inserting `Department of the Treasury', and

(3) by striking `Commissioner' or `Commissioner of Internal Revenue' each place they appear and inserting `Secretary'.

(d) Effective Date- The amendments made by subsection (c) shall take effect on January 1, 2013.

Above taken directly from the text of

[Bigun]

Here is a link to the bill.