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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.

THE CHINA TARIFF DISPUTE—LARGELY UNNECESSARY Read More.

The video sheds light on how our tax code discourages Americans from taking positions aborad that either help American exports or help foreign investment in America. Read More.

​If an idea is being put forward these days by a Democratic candidate for president or a freshman member of Congress, it is probably a good idea not to take it too seriously. This is not to say that there are not legitimately dangerous things being proposed by the Kamala Harrises and AOC’s of this era — tuition-free college, Medicare-for-all, fossil-fuel elimination, Read More.

​The California Legislature is attempting to force presidential candidates to publicly disclose their tax returns — a move that could bar President Donald Trump from appearing on the state’s primary ballot if he does not make the documents public. Read More.

The Swamp is confused by the growing unrest about the IRS not providing free filing software to lower income taxpayers. Congress is requiring lower income taxpayers to rely on “free” software provided by tax preparation companies like TurboTax and H&R Block. The Swamp asks, What is the big deal? Read More.

You’ve heard the adage, “When one door closes, another door opens.” That’s exactly what happened to the FAIRtax movement when a source of funding ended abruptly and unexpectedly. Larry Ward, President of Political Media and a friend of the FAIRtax who has helped us over the years, came through with a sweetheart deal that made up for the funding shortfall. Larry also will give us an improved membership management platform. Read More.

Congrats. You filed your 2018 tax return. But don’t stuff it in a file cabinet just yet. Instead, look it over to uncover steps you can take right now to lower your 2019 tax bill. Read More.

MANY TAXPAYERS HAD AN unpleasant surprise after filing this year. Their refund amount was lower than expected and, in some cases, filers ended up owing money at the end of the year. Read More.

A battle is heating up in Arizona and some three dozen other states over how to regulate car-sharing. Read More.

A good way to get out the FAIRtax brand – and raise your profile - is to get on broadcast media. If you contact Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, or Mark Levin, you most likely will not get on as a guest. (If you’re lucky, you can get on as a caller.) But you don’t have to play to a national audience. Read More.

The first federal excise tax on gasoline was one cent when it was first instituted in 1932. Since 1993, it has been 18.4 cents per gallon of gasoline and 24.4 cents per gallon of diesel fuel. It has not been adjusted for the approximately 73% of inflation. This means that it takes $1.73 in today’s dollars to purchase $1.00 of goods in 1993. Read More.

With the dust beginning to settle on the largest overhaul of the U.S. federal tax system in several decades, tax professionals are steadily piecing together the specific implications of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 for each U.S. taxpayer community. Read More.

President Trump got one thing right. But then he blew it. Read More.

The Internal Revenue Service’s Large Business and International Division has approved five more compliance campaigns in areas including virtual currencies, S corporation distributions, repatriation, the Section 965 transition tax, and sequestered Alternative Minimum Tax credit carryforwards. Read More.