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FAIRtax Wins Florida Mid-Term Elections
Michael Waltz making good on his FAIRtax Pledge, just Co-Sponsored HR. 25. Now we look forward to him becoming an outspoken proponent of The FAIRtax. Read More.
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Grassroots Corner - June 7th, 2019
At the invitation of Jade Walle, a CPA from Colorado, Alumnus of Oklahoma State University and the Presenter of the quarterly FAIRtax Webinar, The FAIRtax Guys joined him in a Practicum offered to graduate level CPA students at OSU. On May 24, 2019, The FAIRtax Guys, Bob Paxton and Ron Maiellaro, conducted a two hour question and answer session with 24 students. Read More.
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IRS ‘harming’ Americans struggling to meet tax obligations, report says
IRS poll: More Americans believe it’s ‘OK’ to cheat on your taxes. Forbes Media Chairman Steve Forbes, River Twice Capital President Zachary Karabell, FOX Business’ Liz Claman and Kingsview Asset Management CIO Scott Martin on a new poll, which shows that more American believe it’s okay to cheat on your taxes. Read More.
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IRS watchdog urges agency to provide more underpayment penalty relief
The IRS’s in-house watchdog on Thursday recommended that the agency provide more penalty relief for people who did not have enough money withheld from their paychecks throughout the year, as people file their taxes for the first time under President Trump’s tax law. Read More.
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States With No Income Tax
Taxes, unpopular though they may be, fund government services Americans count on every day. Individual income taxes may be especially hated — but they are also important, accounting for 48% of federal tax revenue. Read More.
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States With No Income Tax
Taxes, unpopular though they may be, fund government services Americans count on every day. Individual income taxes may be especially hated — but they are also important, accounting for 48% of federal tax revenue. Read More.
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Trump IRS pick faces massive IT challenge
Charles Rettig, the Trump administration’s pick to lead the IRS, told lawmakers at his June 28 confirmation hearing that the tax agency’s legacy tech is one of its most critical challenges. Read More.
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Chairman’s Report – June 7, 2019
In an article titled Ending Special Tax Treatment for the Very Wealthy by Alexandra Thornton and Galen Hendricks posted on Center For American Progress, the authors make the argument the very wealthy are not paying their “fair share” of taxes. Read More.
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Chairman’s Report – May 31, 2019
The earned income tax credit (“EITC”) became part of the Internal Revenue Code in the Tax Reduction Act of 1975. Read More.
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Grassroots Corner - May 31st, 2019
Sometimes seeds you plant sprout years later. That’s what happened with our Alabama Team when they went to work on Congressman Gary Palmer, who represents the Sixth District of that state. Congressman Palmer became our 31st co-sponsor of the FAIRtax on May 14, 2019 and the first to join since January. Read More.
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Ron Paul: ​Losing Income Tax Privacy Is a Real Danger
Last week the New York Times published some of President Trump’s 1980s and 1990s tax returns information. The information detailed President Trump’s financial difficulties during that time. While you would not know it from reading some media reports, this is old news. In fact, President Trump openly discussed his financial difficulties on his popular reality television show. Read More.
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House Democrats subpoena ex-White House staffers Hope Hicks and Annie Donaldson in obstruction of justice probe
​House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., on Tuesday subpoenaed former White House officials Hope Hicks and Annie Donaldson to testify before his committee and provide documents related to a sweeping probe of figures in President Donald Trump’s orbit. Read More.
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Dirty Dozen: List of tax scams for 2019
WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today wrapped up issuing its annual “Dirty Dozen” list of tax scams. The IRS reminds taxpayers to remain vigilant to these often aggressive and evolving schemes throughout the year. Read More.
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Super-rich are spared from tax audits as IRS scales back enforcement
Americans with the biggest incomes still got audited the most, but the IRS audit rate for that group fell by more than half. (Scott Olson / Getty Images)The chances of an IRS audit for people making at least $10 million a year plunged during the government’s last fiscal year, according to data released Monday. Read More.
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Chairman’s Report - May 24, 2019
PUNISHING GOLD STAR FAMILIES: A May 10, 2019 article by Laura Saunders in the Wall Street Journal revealed yet another one of the problems with the complicated and confused income/payroll tax system that the Swamp and their cronies in Congress wish were still hidden from view. Read More.

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