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Fair Tax Act of 2023 Has Variable Rate

There have been a few Code Sections that over the years have entered into common vocabulary – 401(k), 501(c)(3) maybe 1031 and 179 if you move in certain circles.  The latter two are sometimes used as verbs.  If the Fair Tax passes  Section 202 will probably be like that.  Sellers are required to state the tax on your bills.  You will grimace when that $770 laptop comes in at $1,000, think for a second and decide why it is that you can 202 that sucker.  There are people I have encountered over the years who will 202 just about everything they buy.

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More On The Fair Tax Act Of 2023

The Reader’s Digest version of the act is that it eliminates federal corporate and individual income tax, payroll taxes that tie into social security and Medicare, estate tax and gift tax.  In their place there will be a federal sales tax on most goods and services consumed in the United States.

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Abolish The IRS – Sort Of – Then What?

Abolish The IRS – Sort Of – Then What?

The Tax Reform Act of 1986 cut rates and did a good bit of simplifying, but it did not take long for complexity to be layered on.  Where will the political will come from to not complicate the FAIR Tax?  States with sales taxes have all sorts of exemptions and a tendency to sometimes declare sales tax holidays.  I find it inconceivable that industries and interests favored under the income tax will not seek special treatment under the sales tax.

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Where land is purchased or held primarily with the intent to profit from increase in its value, and the taxpayer also engages in farming on such land, the farming and the holding of the land will ordinarily be considered a single activity only if the farming activity reduces the net cost of carrying the land for its appreciation in value.

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Some Of The Tax Developments I Covered In 2022

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To be attached to the subdivision, to love the little platoon we belong to in society, is the first principle (the germ as it were) of public affections.  It is the first link in the series by which we proceed towards a love to our country, and to mankind.

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IRS Versus Dubious Conservation Easements In 2022 – Mixed Results

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The massive appropriations bill that just passed the Senate and House includes a long sought amendment to suppress syndicated deals. It will cap deductions at 250% of partners basis when there is less than a three year hold.  This of course does not eliminate all abusive transactions just some of the more outrageous one.

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EO Tax Journal Editor Proposes Elimination Of All Charitable Deductions

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Much of giving by the wealthy redounds to their benefit. One, their benefit is compounded if they give appreciated property such as stock. Two, their benefit is further compounded if they give property that requires an appraisal, since appraisals are notoriously high. I’m not saying the wealthy should not give, but why should they be subsidized by the tax code, especially when most others are not?

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Should You Invest In A Syndicated Conservation Easement ?

The value of an easement is the fair market value of property before the easement less the value of the property as encumbered by the easement.  The industry argues that the procedure for determining the before FMV is different in the case of the easement.  It is not.  Given that the market for undeveloped land, imperfect as it may be, is not populated with idiots, promoters cannot routinely acquire properties and have them in relatively short order be worth a multiple of what they acquired them for..  That’s why I think the industry is based on nonsense.

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