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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 Sales Tax Not in the Cards – For Now

20 April 2010

At least once a week, I get an email asking me about whether I think that President Obama will launch a national sales tax as part of tax reform efforts. My answer? Nope. I’ve said before that I think tax reform is an enormous undertaking and, let’s face it, with a struggling economy and health [...]

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Fix the Tax Code Friday: VAT

19 December 2009

It’s Fix the Tax Code Friday! This week, I wrote a piece for WalletPop about the possibility of a VAT being imposed in the US. The idea is that the VAT would be similar to those in Europe and Asia and would be imposed at each stage of a transaction in an effort to mitigate [...]

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