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With many of former President Trump’s tax cuts due to expire next year, taxpayers may be wondering if there’s anything they should be doing now to prepare. Trump’s 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) increased the standard deduction, lowered the corporate and estate tax rates and increased the child tax credit, among other things. Read More.

The Grassroots Corner - Week Beginning 3/25/24: “Meet Rich Germaine” Read More.

Governor Mike Huckabee was born in Hope, Arkansas. He served as Governor of Arkansas from 1996 to 2007. We are proud that he is the Chairman of our Advisory Board. In 2007, he learned about the FAIRtax and endorsed it during his candidacy for the 2008 Republican Party presidential nomination. Read More.

It’s tax season again, with Tax Day only about a month away. If you haven’t filed yet, you may want to double-check your filing status. Read More.

Maryland lawmakers are pushing for higher taxes, toll increases, and legal online gambling as part of this year's budget, part of a $1.3 billion plan to raise revenue. Read More.

After weeks of testing, Direct File, an electronic system for filing returns directly to the IRS is now available for taxpayers from 12 selected states. Read More.

Fraud and identity theft are driving Colorado officials to take additional steps to safeguard taxpayers. Read More.

The Grassroots Corner - Week Beginning 4/29/24: “The new Palm Cards are here - with a QR Code” Read More.

If you’re a FAIRtax supporter, you know that there is a lot of deception being perpetrated against the FAIRtax. DC and its minions are determined to discredit the FAIRtax by any means they can. That includes spreading a wealth of disinformation that they know their friends in the media aren’t going to question. Read More.

The White House is proposing a "mortgage relief credit" that would give homebuyers an annual tax credit of $5,000 for two years. Read More.

President Biden in his State of the Union address Thursday laid out broad new policy goals for a second term, with aims to use tax hikes on major corporations and the wealthy to make new investments in child care and eldercare, affordable housing and education. Read More.

The Grassroots Corner - Week Beginning 3/11/24: “Meet our new Board Member, Dr. Tony Urbanek” Read More.

Washington residents haven't paid personal income taxes in almost a century thanks to a 1933 decision by the state Supreme Court. Those backing Initiative 2111 want to cement the existing practice into law. Read More.

One of the most frustrating things that Americans must do is prepare and file federal income tax returns every year which disclose confidential information to the IRS. The IRS assures us that our information is highly protected. We’re further assured that only authorized IRS personnel will have access to our data and that it will be used solely for the purpose of assuring income tax compliance. Read More.

The US federal budget seems out of control. Funding spats and debt-ceiling standoffs routinely threaten to force defaults and shutdowns. America's once-unassailable credit rating keeps slipping. Has the government simply become too big to manage? Read More.