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How Low Can We Go?
That question might be good in a limbo contest, but it’s a disaster when it applies to how our country rates on its tax code. On 9/16/14, Business Insider reported that the United States ranked number 32 out of 34 countries based on the International Tax...
No More State Income Tax!
It’s time for Georgians to voice our opinions about eliminating the state income tax. And state senator Hunter Hill has made voicing our opinions easy for us. He has created an on-line petition to eliminate the state income tax. If only a few people sign it, the idea...
You’re in an IRS Audit …
Auditor: “Mr. & Mrs. Taxfiler, we’ve noticed several problems in your return. Among others, you seem to have violated sections 531 a-h, 232 (c)(d), section 4 b (i). What do you have to say about this?” Taxfiler: “We’re sorry, we hadn’t studied those sections too...
Announcement for Georgians for Fair Taxation
On Tuesday, August 26th, Representative Tom Kirby hosted the kickoff campaign for his reelection to the Georgia House of Representatives in the general election this November. GOP candidates from across the state attended the event, including Governor Nathan Deal and...
Special Announcement from Georgians for FairTax!
Jim Duffie, State Director for Georgians for FairTax, is running for Georgia House Seat 81! Georgians for FairTax will gain a new advocate for the FairTax and the elimination of the Georgia state income tax when Jim is elected. There has never been a more vigorous...
FairTax® Fanaticism
Some of us who have been fighting so hard and sacrificing so much for the FairTax for years are occasionally asked the question of why we keep at it. Another way of expressing that sentiment is the view that Congress will never relinquish the power that the current...
Is Now the Golden Moment?
For several months now the news media have been uncovering and publicizing various Internal Revenue Service abuses and scandals. Here are just a few recent scandals that have received media and Congressional attention: The IRS has been targeting conservative nonprofit...
US Tax Code Hurts Competitiveness, Costs Jobs
By Philip L. Hinson, Georgia for FairTax We know that the level of global competition is much greater today than it was ten years ago. We also know that it will be even greater ten years from now than it is today. Some respected authorities1 on globalization...
Inversion Perversion
Maybe the bubble that separates Washington from the rest of country is more impermeable than our southern border, but, suddenly, the Obama administration has broken through concerning inversions. This is the practice where US corporations avoid being whacked by the...
FairTax must be the Ultimate Goal
Jody Hice, candidate for US House District 10, sat down with Georgia for FairTax recently, and strongly affirmed his support for the FairTax. He showed us campaign material in which his support is stated in print and said he’s willing to distribute FairTax material...
Tax cuts are not Magic, but just good Economics!
Recently, Paul Krugman, columnist for the New York Times, wrote a piece criticizing the idea that lower tax rates contribute to economic growth. His column appeared in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He cited Kansas as an example where this approach was tried...
FairTax at Cumming Fairgrounds July 3rd Celebration!
The FairTax was well represented at the Cumming Fairgrounds July 3rd Celebration. Diane Earnest organized a group of volunteers that included Carl and Gail McCormick, Kay Charboneau, David Hancock, Marvin Lefebvre, Rob Glass, Sam and Perrianne Bates, Amanda Swafford,...
AP Interview: Perdue, Kingston talk taxes
By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press July 5, 2014 Perdue: “I have become a student of the fair tax, and I think it absolutely would level the playing field with foreign competitors and bring some manufacturing jobs back to the U.S. So I have become not only a...
Unfair the Movie: Update – Theatrical distribution on September 16th, 2014
Unfair the Movie is finished and scheduled for initial theatrical distribution on September 16th, 2014, followed by television exhibition and home video sales in the United States and abroad. UnFair The Movie will reveal the truth about the abuses of power, the cover...
Georgians Play Key Roles in FairTax Restructuring
Announcement -- AFFT Changing of the Guard Georgians for Fair Taxation (GFFT) leaders emerged as key players at a recent meeting hosted by Americans for Fair Taxation (AFFT). AFFT is the national organization formed to be the driving force behind the effort to pass...