so lower the rates. Don’t shift them on one sector of the economy. A sector that is mostly very small business and deals with a lot of unmarked cash...
Since “fair taxes” (whatever we call them) would be paid on most items, I hardly think consumers buying a big screen at Best Buy will evade the tax, and that ain’t small business dealing in cash.
Would small cash-based businesses continue to report lower sales than they actually do ? Of course - I don’t see much of a change there. I would be absolutely astonished if the majority of sub shops reported even 75% of their actual business, for example.