[Irene Adler]

"Under the NRST EVERYONE PAYS THE TAX! When you buy something you pay a tax. It's fair because everyone, law abiding or not, criminal or tax cheat, prostitute or gambler all pay the same rate of tax every time they purchase ANYTHING!"

Unless they buy it on the black market. That's the only major problem I see with such a system: a black market would spring up immediately, and it would be very, very hard to defeat.

[miner89]

Unless they buy it on the black market. That's the only major problem I see with such a system: a black market would spring up immediately, and it would be very, very hard to defeat.

Yeah, you're right. Nobody avoids income tax by dealing in cash now, do they?

[DH]

The "black market" is already here. It has been here for as many years as the state sales tax and mandatory sales permits have been around. Those people running these types of business DO NOT report their income to the IRS today! With a sales tax they will have no choice but to pay some of their income in the way of sales tax to reputable businesses and thus the government.

[Principled]

That's the only major problem I see with such a system: a black market would spring up

You make it sound like we don't already have a black market or tax evasion.

[rwfromkansas]

Indeed. People cheat on their income taxes as well. No system is perfect.