All this talk about reporting income and complying with the 10,000 amendments to the tax code. If you make a mistake you can go to jail or be audited randomly even though you did nothing wrong which will require a taxpayer to spend time and money. I was audited and the IRS found I paid too much. That does not happen often. I was afraid to take items I was entitled to and I kept very good records.
It would be so much simpler if we did not pay a federal income tax. Criminals do not pay income tax as the 5th amendment protects the criminals from reporting income from criminal activity. Illegal aliens are not asked to contribute to operating our government but they do use public services. The wealthy sends lobbyists to their elected officials who have passed over 10,000 amendments to the tax code giving the wealthy legal exemptions the middle class and poor can not benefit from. Tourists come from many countries and are served by federal, state and local agencies that are supported by taxpayers.
All of these groups, criminals, Illegal aliens and tourists pay state taxes when they spend the income they earned. You cannot say the concept of taxing money spent will never work as sales taxes are collected by all but a few states. In those states it does not matter how they earned the money. The wealthy, criminals and others not presently taxed at the federal level do pay taxes when they spend their money.
The merchant does not ask where the money came from. The merchant does not give the customer complicated forms. If you do not pay the tax the merchant will not sell you the merchandise or service or they may hide the sales tax in the cost of the item and claim they paid the sales tax for you.
When you pay a sales tax you do not need to go to an accountant and pay an accountant to prepare your taxes. You can use that money to buy more Christmas presents or go out to dinner and a movie. You do not get scam artists offering to help you with your sales tax issues because it is "pay as you go". You are not surprised at "tax time" that you owe an amount you can not afford.
When the middle class has more money to spend because the wealthy, Criminals, Illegal Aliens and Tourists are contributing when they purchase items merchants will make increased sales. Employers may need to hire more employees. Restaurants and hair dressers and other services will see more customers and will increase their staff. Entrepreneurs will open businesses and hire people. All of these new employees will pay sales taxes when they spend their money. They will not be on welfare or unemployment. The government will have more money to repair roads and other projects. Those construction people hired to repair and build new infrastructure will pay sales taxes when they spend their money. The economy will prosper as local services and businesses serving local people can not be exported out of the country.
Because the wealthy have more money to spend they buy more expensive homes, cars, clothing, vacations and other items. They go to high end malls and eat at fine restaurants. The middle and poverty class buy less expensive items. With the Wealthy, criminals and others paying a sales tax when they spend money the middle and poverty class will pay less to support our federal government.
This is an idea worth writing your Senators and Congressmen and women about. We should not be bullied by the IRS who will still have jobs monitoring the businesses and comparing the invoices of suppliers with the invoices of the merchants. Unless a business that offer services is keeping a dual set of books merchants would have to collect sales taxes on the services they offer and report them reasonably.
It would be so much simpler if we did not pay a federal income tax. Criminals do not pay income tax as the 5th amendment protects the criminals from reporting income from criminal activity. Illegal aliens are not asked to contribute to operating our government but they do use public services. The wealthy sends lobbyists to their elected officials who have passed over 10,000 amendments to the tax code giving the wealthy legal exemptions the middle class and poor can not benefit from. Tourists come from many countries and are served by federal, state and local agencies that are supported by taxpayers.
All of these groups, criminals, Illegal aliens and tourists pay state taxes when they spend the income they earned. You cannot say the concept of taxing money spent will never work as sales taxes are collected by all but a few states. In those states it does not matter how they earned the money. The wealthy, criminals and others not presently taxed at the federal level do pay taxes when they spend their money.
The merchant does not ask where the money came from. The merchant does not give the customer complicated forms. If you do not pay the tax the merchant will not sell you the merchandise or service or they may hide the sales tax in the cost of the item and claim they paid the sales tax for you.
When you pay a sales tax you do not need to go to an accountant and pay an accountant to prepare your taxes. You can use that money to buy more Christmas presents or go out to dinner and a movie. You do not get scam artists offering to help you with your sales tax issues because it is "pay as you go". You are not surprised at "tax time" that you owe an amount you can not afford.
When the middle class has more money to spend because the wealthy, Criminals, Illegal Aliens and Tourists are contributing when they purchase items merchants will make increased sales. Employers may need to hire more employees. Restaurants and hair dressers and other services will see more customers and will increase their staff. Entrepreneurs will open businesses and hire people. All of these new employees will pay sales taxes when they spend their money. They will not be on welfare or unemployment. The government will have more money to repair roads and other projects. Those construction people hired to repair and build new infrastructure will pay sales taxes when they spend their money. The economy will prosper as local services and businesses serving local people can not be exported out of the country.
Because the wealthy have more money to spend they buy more expensive homes, cars, clothing, vacations and other items. They go to high end malls and eat at fine restaurants. The middle and poverty class buy less expensive items. With the Wealthy, criminals and others paying a sales tax when they spend money the middle and poverty class will pay less to support our federal government.
This is an idea worth writing your Senators and Congressmen and women about. We should not be bullied by the IRS who will still have jobs monitoring the businesses and comparing the invoices of suppliers with the invoices of the merchants. Unless a business that offer services is keeping a dual set of books merchants would have to collect sales taxes on the services they offer and report them reasonably.
You can have everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want ..Zig Zigler