I want my daughter that recently graduated from college to be able to find a job. I've never seen anything like this in my lifetime. The economy is not going to turn around if Obama wins reelection next year.
>> “this may make accounting jobs hard to find if they get rid of the IRS” <<
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Don’t take down your shingle yet.
How about Professional consultants? They’ll be fighting to show that most of their contracts consist of expenses, like labor, and other secondary professional consultation expenses, and thus we’ll have an IRS type agency anyway for the consumption tax.
My argument doesn’t particularly address whether a different tax code would eventually be better. I think changes should be made in small increments so people have plenty of time to adjust.
If you could make a tax system that was trivially simple, it would destroy a significant part of the economy, and put a lot of people out of work. If they had time to find new ways to make money, it would be an easier transition.