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Arkansas Gov. Sanders signed legislation cutting the state's top individual tax rate and the top corporate rate, the latest in a series of AR income tax cuts in recent years. Read More.

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The Grassroots Corner - Week Beginning 6/24/24: “A new FAIRtax book; it's about time!” Read More.

John Linder, a retired Member of Congress is the original sponsor of the FAIRtax and is on the AFFT Advisory Board members. John has written a letter to President Trump about how to fundamentally change D.C.--he should replace the income/payroll tax system with FAIRtax. Read More.

Higher property taxes as a result of skyrocketing home values has led to protests from property owners, a deluge of "heartbreaking" pleas to elected officials, and a proposed constitutional amendment to cap tax increases. Read More.

Kansas lawmakers are being brought back to the Statehouse by Gov. Laura Kelly to pass a tax cut. The Chiefs are negotiating a possible move as well. Read More.

The Grassroots Corner - Week Beginning 6/17/24: “Letter to editor needs a response” Read More.

One of the loudest complaints raised against the FAIRtax is that it would abolish the corporate income tax. According to DC elite thinking, it’s absolutely unconscionable that billions of dollars of corporate profits would go completely untaxed. The elites sincerely believe that these mega-rich corporations have an obligation to “pay their fair share”. Read More.

The Grassroots Corner - Week Beginning 7/15/24: “Truth and Fairy Tales about Value-Added Taxes” Read More.

New laws will provide hundreds, or thousands, of dollars for families with kids and working low-income families. Read More.

Meanwhile, Trump did not endorse any of Nevada's Republican candidates for U.S. Senate but did say he'd rather be electrocuted than eaten by a shark. Read More.

The Grassroots Corner - Week Beginning 6/10/24: “Hostile Argument: We will end up with both a Sales Tax and an Income Tax” Read More.

An editorial in the Wall Street Journal discussed IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel’s testimony before the House Appropriations on May 7, 2024. Here are some of the points made in the editorial: Commissioner Werfel told legislators that the IRS faces financial collapse. “Resources are limited,” he said, and the agency “will likely use them entirely before the funding expires.” Read More.

Nearly 64.7% of Republicans voted in favor of a question asking whether state lawmakers should enact the FairTax and replace the state income and sales tax with a consumption tax equal to current state funding. Read More.

The presidential candidates are on opposite sides of the Trump tax cuts. The Donald wants them to stay and Biden has vowed to take them away. Here's what happens if they go away. Read More.