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[Barry Keeney]

On Thu, 7 May 2009, Phil Stracchino wrote:

> Sandwich Maker wrote:
> > " From: Phil Stracchino <alaric at metrocast.net>
> > " I think part of the point of the way the Fair Tax is designed is that it
> > " *can't* be cheated and loopholed in that way, without it being REALLY
> > " BLATANTLY OBVIOUS that someone's cheating.  You are familiar with how
> > " it's supposed to work, right...?
> > 
> > actually...  no.
> 
> OK, this is the basic idea:  Completely abolish all federal personal and
> corporate income taxes, gift, estate, capital gains, alternative
> minimum, Social Security, Medicare, and self-employment taxes.  Replace
> the above taxes with a single flat rate national sales tax at 23% on all
> NEW goods for personal consumption.  Every month, the government sends
> out a "prebate" to every household in the amount of the sales tax on
> basic necessities up to the federal poverty level.

  Okay, lets start with personal taxes first, so nothing I'm going to
say counts for companies large or small. 

  I'm talking about a flat national sales tax in the USA, but it could be
applied to a value added tax system as well.

  Heres something even simpler, don't put the sales tax on items needed
to just live like:

  Food  (you could tax some food items, like lobster, alcohol, etc) 

  Primary home/apt rent/etc. (one time tax on the weekend place in the
                              country when you buy it)

  Fuel/utils  (electic, heating oil/natural gas, water/sewer, and
               maybe gasoline)

  Medical care/drugs/etc.

  This would allow the really poor to keep more money in their 
pockets today! No waiting for a refund to come in, just don't
take the money up front - simple.

  If the poor buy a new TV, they pay the sales tax just like everyone
else, even the "rich" guy.  Difference is the rich guy will buy
a $5,000 tv and pay more in taxes vs. a cheap $200-$300 one the
poor might get. Same percentage tax on both TV's, just to make that 
clear. They don't "need" a TV to live, so it's taxed.

  Most states have sales taxes, most companys use computers for
sales and can be adjusted for what gets taxed. Small mom and
pop stores without could be allowed an exception and tax everything
(maybe at a lower rate), or build the tax into the price markup
from suppliers invoice, Something simple. A taxable item costs $1, 
I mark it up 100%, so it's $2, plus 20% for tax, so it's $2.40, I 
send in the $.40 as the sales tax. 

  Everyone is treated the same, the current system of different 
tax rates, is just wrong! Everyone should pay the same, with all
the same rules. Sure the poor won't pay as much, if any, but the
rich use the same rules and pay more only because the spend more
on items that aren't free of the sales tax. The poor pay less,
rich pay more, both treated equally under the law as it should be.

  This put's it on the store/companys to deal with, but they
already do this for states that have sales taxes. Some states don't 
have sales taxes on items, like medications, while others do so they
have to deal with different tax rules already, this would be just
one more for the list. Plus companys have staff or outside services 
to keep their books so the cost/effort wouldn't be that much more, 
maybe as simple as a one time software upgrade to roll in the national
tax rules. Besides they're just going to pass along the cost to the 
customers anyway.
 
  ***ALL*** taxes are paid by the people. You tax a company they just 
raise the price of their goods/services you buy, so you're paying the
taxes...

  And programs that help the poor, like the child care whatever
or tax credit XYZ if you make under ..., people who qualify can fill 
out a form and get a check, simple.

  Well this isn't my idea and I don't remember who to credit it
to.

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Barry Keeney
Chaos Consulting
email barryk at chaoscon.com

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