Americans For Fair Taxation
Abbreviation | AFFT |
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Formation | 1994 |
Type | Advocacy group |
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Region served | United States |
President | Steven L. Hayes[1] |
Website | FairTax.org |
Americans For Fair Taxation (AFFT), also known as FairTax.org, is a U.S.
The organization claims it is the largest, single-issue grassroots taxpayers union in the United States,[2] with over 800,000 supporters.[3] The organization states that it subscribes to the ideals of simplicity, fairness, and freedom which they believe are embodied in the FairTax.[4][5]
History
AFFT was founded in 1994 by three Houston businessmen, Jack Trotter,
Some of the experts funded include:
- Bill Beach, The Heritage Foundation
- David Burton and Dan Mastromarco, University of Maryland and The Argus Group
- Dale Jorgenson, Harvard University
- Joseph Kahn, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Laurence Kotlikoff, Boston University
- The Cato Institute
- Jim Poterba, The National Bureau of Economic Research
- George Zodrow, Baker Institute for Public Policy
Criticisms
Some have criticized Americans For Fair Taxation for the way that they present the FairTax plan. The most common critique is the presented FairTax rate of a 23% sales tax on the total transaction value of new retail
In 2007 Bruce Bartlett wrote that FairTax was originally devised by the Church of Scientology in the early 1990s as a way to get rid of the Internal Revenue Service.[9] Representative John Linder told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that Bartlett confused the FairTax movement with the Scientology-affiliated Citizens for an Alternative Tax System.[10] Leo Linbeck, AFFT Chairman and CEO, stated "As a founder of Americans For Fair Taxation, I can state categorically, however, that Scientology played no role in the founding, research or crafting of the legislation giving expression to the FairTax."[11]
See also
Part of the U.S. Taxation series |
FairTax |
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FairTax subarticles |
- Americans for Tax Reform
- Americans Standing for the Simplification of the Estate Tax
- James M. Bennett
- Citizens for an Alternative Tax System
- Citizens for Tax Justice
- FairTax
- National Taxpayers Union
- Tax Foundation
Notes
- ^ a b c FairTax; Executive Leadership
- ^ Linbeck, Jr., Leo (2005-04-29). "Submission of Americans For Fair Taxation on the FairTax Comprehensive Tax Reform Proposal". The President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform. Archived from the original on 10 November 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-24.
- ^ Hemingway, Mark (2009-09-24). "Comes the FairTax". National Review Online. Archived from the original on 2008-02-02. Retrieved 2007-09-27.
- ^ ISBN 1-4033-9189-0.
- ^ Regnier, Pat (2005-09-07). "Just how fair is the FairTax?". Money Magazine. Archived from the original on 20 June 2006. Retrieved 2006-07-20.
- ^ ISBN 0-06-087549-6.
- ^ a b Vance, Laurence (2005-12-12). "There is No Such Thing as a Fair Tax". Ludwig von Mises Institute. Archived from the original on 19 July 2006. Retrieved 2006-07-20.
- ^ Linder, John (2007-01-04). "H.R. 25: Fair Tax Act of 2007". govtrack.us. Retrieved 2006-01-16.
- ^ Bartlett, Bruce (2007-08-26). "Fair Tax, Flawed Tax". Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 30 August 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-30.
- ^ Galloway, Jim (2007-08-28). "On John Linder and Scientology". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-30.
- ^ Linbeck, Leo (2007-08-29). "Be Fair to FairTax โ Throw the Red Herrings Back in the Water". Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 14 October 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-02.