Archive for March 2007

The Fair Tax Act, Part XLII

March 30, 2007  ·  Category: Education
Part e of Section 605 covers privacy information. Warning, this part is long and boring legalese: `(e) Confidentiality of Tax Information- ...
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The Fair Tax Act, Part XLI

March 29, 2007  ·  Category: Education
Section 605 covers taxpayer rights. I'll probably do this in two parts: `SEC. 605. TAXPAYER RIGHTS. `(a) Rights To Be Disclosed- The sales tax administering authority shall provide to any ...
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The Fair Tax Act, Part XL

March 27, 2007  ·  Category: Education
OK, section 603 & 604 today: `SEC. 603. PROBLEM RESOLUTION OFFICES. `(a) Problem Resolution Office To Be Established- Each sales tax administering authority shall establish an independent Problem Resolution Office and ...
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The Fair Tax Act, Part XXXIX

March 26, 2007  ·  Category: Education
Working through section by section, beginning chapter 6! `SEC. 601. COLLECTIONS. `The sales tax administering authority shall collect the taxes imposed by this subtitle, except as provided in section 404 (relating ...
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The Fair Tax Act, Part XXXVIII

March 22, 2007  ·  Category: Education
Section 512 creates guides for several interest rates based on length of term, mirroring to some degree the way capital gains taxes are categorized now. These rates are going to be determined and used ...
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The Fair Tax Act Part XXXVII

March 21, 2007  ·  Category: Education
Section 510 handles required info for receipts: `SEC. 510. TAX TO BE SEPARATELY STATED AND CHARGED. `(a) In General- For each purchase of taxable property or services for which a tax ...
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FairTax Debate Between Kotlikoff and Gale, at AEI

March 15, 2007  ·  Category: Criticisms, Education, Events
A news tip from FairTax critic Hayden Kepner: the American Enterprise Institute has published the video of their debate between William Gale and Larry Kotlikoff. You can view the video by going here and ...
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The Fair Tax Act, Part XXXVI

March 13, 2007  ·  Category: Education
Today I am posting sections 508 and 509, which cover audits, summons, and records. Not fun stuff for most of us, but we are blogging the whole thing here! `SEC. 508. SUMMONS, EXAMINATIONS, AUDITS, ETC. ...
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The Fair Tax Act, Part XXXV

March 12, 2007  ·  Category: Uncategorized
Now we will move into some taxpayer protections under the FairTax (something the current law doesn't have much of). `SEC. 506. BURDEN OF PERSUASION AND BURDEN OF PRODUCTION. `In all disputes ...
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The Fair Tax Act, Part XXXIV

March 7, 2007  ·  Category: Education
OK, let's finish up with penalties... `(i) Penalty for Filing False Rebate Claim- `(1) CIVIL PENALTY; FRAUD- A ...
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The Fair Tax Act, Part XXXIII

March 6, 2007  ·  Category: Education
Continuing on with more penalties: `(e) Reckless or Willful Failure To Pay Tax- Each person who is required to and recklessly or willfully fails to pay taxes imposed by ...
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