No Income Tax Law Is Not An Option In The United States
Over the last hundred years many in the USA have preached, litigated and asserted that federal and state income tax was illegal and unconstitutional. The IRS, Department of Justice and the U.S. Congress have put the quietus on these arguments through the 2006 Tax Code. The individual can no longer hide behind personal or group claims about the legality of federal and state income tax law. All three bodies have decreed by law that each individual who lives and works in America must pay income tax. The delay of such payment through free tax argumentation is punishable both by heavy fine and if necessary imprisonment. Essentially one can still exercise the first amendment but has to either fill the income tax due or an extension while the appeal is pending. The penalty for not filing can be as much as 35% of the amount due plus a 15% penalty fee each month. The free tax trend of the radical element within the USA has been dealt a hard blow; one which it may not recover from.
A variation of the no income tax law is the fair tax, well known in countries like Germany, where something like it exists. This is a federal sales tax on all services and goods which theoretically will replace the income tax of both the federal and state governments. In the USA, it has a rather large support from both conservative and liberal groups. One libertarian radio talk show host, Neil Boortz, has held large support rallies throughout America to urge the ratification of a national bill replacing the federal income tax with the fair tax. The primary claim is that the fair tax is just that fair to all economic strata of America and allows the citizen to keep more of his money. When goods or services are purchased a tax of as much as 15% is paid. These monies are distributed accordingly to the various agencies and state governments through the various existing bureaucracies. A more important factor of this proposed tax restructuring is the strong support that it has in both houses of the American legislature. It very well may gain enough support to become the law of the land. A glad result would be the end of the voluminous spring paperwork that may be the greatest argument for its acceptance of all! The cost savings from this reduction would mean a substantial reduction of IRS personnel and the many hours used to figure the government's fair take of its' citizen's income.
Finally, it would end any free tax movement at the cash register once and for all. If you didn't agree to the taxation then you couldn't buy the goods or services. However, it would also be the end of the federal income tax and would please certain people in America no end. Remember that for the present everyone must file either an income tax return or an extension. Perhaps 2006 or 2007 might be the last year of the dreaded income tax in the USA!
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