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Fix the Tax Code Friday: Value Added Tax (VAT)

15 October 2010

Yesterday, the National Retail Federation made news for its economic analysis of a Value Added Tax (VAT). The study considered the addition of a VAT to the existing tax structure, something that just won’t happen. But assuming that the existing tax structure was somehow tweaked, there is likely some limited support for a VAT (click [...]

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Retail Group Publishes Results of Study… Mmm, Why?

14 October 2010

The Washington Post ran a piece today about an “economic analysis” commissioned by the National Retail Federation (NRF) that seems to indicate that a VAT (a value added tax) would crush our economy. Oh wait. That’s the spin. The important bit is that the premise of the study was that a VAT would be added [...]

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National Retail Federation Asks Obama to Overstep His Boundaries

29 December 2008

I don’t get folks some times. All you hear anymore is how we don’t want more government… And then the National Retail Federation, which claims to be the world’s largest retail organization, goes and asks for more government. Let me back up. The NRF has asked President Elect Barack Obama to include a national sales [...]

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