Taxing Government in a National Retail Sales Tax: Technical Paper 1999-5

William Gale, Evan Koenig, Diane Lim and John Sabelhaus

No 13343, Working Papers from Congressional Budget Office

Abstract: In recent months, proposals to replace all or most of the existing federal tax system with a national retail sales tax have received increased attention. The most prominent proposals include those by Reps. Dan Schaefer, R-Colo., and Billy Tauzin, R-La., and by a group called Americans for Fair Taxation (AFT). Schaefer-Tauzin (S-T) would replace existing personal and corporate income taxes, the estate tax, and some excise taxes with what they term a 15 percent sales tax. AFT would replace taxes on personal and corporate income, estates, and payrolls with what they term a 23

Date: 1998-10-01
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