-——but no IRS.-——
Actually there is a state equivalent. That would be in Tennessee the Department of Revenue. Individuals have little interaction with them, but businesses do. They receive the taxes and come after you if they suspect non payment.
If you are a Rush listener, you would know that the entity in NYC harasses him constantly even though he lives in Florida. They audit him every year even though it has been many years since he lived or worked in NYC
I stand by my statement. If the IRS has a name change, the new entity will still need to enforce what ever tax code comes about.
... the Department of Revenue. Individuals have little interact ion with them, but businesses do. They receive the taxes and come after you if they suspect non payment.
Yes the state sales tax people are good at what they do. that they do not harass individuals is a plus in my book.
It's much, much easier to track retail business than all individual income earners... obviously the universe that has to be monitored is 90% smaller.
Cash registers, cashier numbers, computer inventory tracking, state sales tax numbers - all make it hard to conceal the steal.
Sales tax agents harass rush? whaaa? Or is it income tax people that harass him? Sales tax agents monitor businesses...
I also need to make something clearer - there are substantial differences between the IRS and a state sales tax agency that make the IRS markedly worse.
So when I say there will not be an IRS with a retail sales tax, that’s true. When you say there will be a state sales tax agency to enforce the tax, that’s true.
But it will not be the IRS. No movee the goalpostees.