FAIR Tax Abolishes IRS – Then What?
Most of the cases that I read would still be matters of controversy under the Fair Tax. Who’s kid is this? Is that really a business expense? You flat out did not pay, so we are taking your stuff. With fifty plus different revenue departments doing the enforcement, how likely is it to be consistent across the country?
Fifty plus revenue departments implementing a federal tax is a recipe for massive inconsistencies. Eventually, after horror stories about the aggressive New York and California auditors and the way too easygoing ones in Alaska, it will occur to somebody, that collecting federal taxes consistently across the country probably requires federal employees. Somebody feeling nostalgic might propose calling the resulting agency the IRS, but that probably will not happen.
Homeowner Association IRS Ruling Highlights Schizophrenic Nature Of Associations
Private Letter Rulings are redacted, so I get to make up a name for the HA. I’m going to call it Gategate, because it seems to be somewhat attached to gates. My inference from the ruling is that the HA is more of a vacation spot than a place where people live permanently since it talks about having both campsites and mobile home sites. There are different deals on how the electric bills are handled.
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Over and over again courts have said that there is nothing sinister in so arranging one’s affairs as to keep taxes as low as possible. Everybody does so, rich or poor; and all do right, for nobody owes any public duty to pay more than the law demands: taxes are enforced exactions, not voluntary contributions. To demand more in the name of morals is mere cant.