Once the Federal government is organized around collecting taxes on your sales receipts, what makes you think that the same IRS personnel won't be as aggressively dedicated to assuring that they get their cut?
Dear Carry_Okie,
"Once the Federal government is organized around collecting taxes on your sales receipts, what makes you think that the same IRS personnel won't be as aggressively dedicated to assuring that they get their cut?"
Because the NSRT legislation ABOLISHES the IRS.......
.....and sets up a new bureaucracy with a different name to administer the NSRT.....probably with many of the same folks from the IRS.
As well, much of the duties associated with the NSRT will be handled by the states with money from the federal government. So, instead of their being ONE FEDERAL AGENCY chasing folks down for money, there will be FIFTY BEEFED-UP STATE AGENCIES, with a new stream of revenue from the federal government, to chase us around.
Remember, now, compliance costs WILL go down. Compliance costs WILL go down. Compliance costs WILL go down. Keep repeating that. At least until you believe it.
sitetest
Exactly, and read the bill. Who does the bill make liable for the tax???? The consumer. The consumer must have a valid receipt showing he paid the tax in order to shift the liability to the retailer. The bill also says if they suspect you owe taxes they can audited you. The biggest change with the enforcement is the new collection agency will watch your outputs more than your inputs.
The IRS personnel are no more. Read the bill. The collections are done by the states.
The IRS is eliminated by the bill and the income tax repealed. Please read the bill:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:H.R.25: