Who are the Tampa Bay FairTax Advocates?
The Tampa Bay Area FairTax Advocates are part of a national grassroots mobilization effort by the Americans for Fair Taxation (FairTax.org) to enact fair and meaningful federal tax reform. Organized in January 2006, the Tampa Bay Area FairTax Advocates continues to grow in membership and influence, while expanding its local education and outreach.
The FairTax plan is a comprehensive proposal that replaces all federal income and payroll taxes with an integrated approach including a progressive national retail sales tax, a rebate to ensure no American pays federal taxes up to the poverty level, dollar-for-dollar revenue neutrality, and the repeal of the 16th Amendment. This nonpartisan legislation (HR 25/S 25) abolishes all federal personal, gift, estate, capital gains, alternative minimum, Social Security, Medicare, self-employment, and corporate taxes and replaces them all with one simple, visible, federal retail sales tax collected by existing state sales tax authorities. The FairTax taxes us only on what we choose to spend, not on what we earn. It does not raise any more or less revenue; it is designed to be revenue neutral. So it is also cost neutral the final cost for goods and services changes little under the FairTax. The FairTax is a fair, efficient, transparent, and intelligent solution to the frustration and inequity of our current tax system.
FairTax.org is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, grassroots organization dedicated to replacing the current federal tax system. The organization has hundreds of thousands of members and volunteers nationwide. Its plan supports sound economic research, education of citizens and community leaders, and grassroots mobilization efforts. For more information visit the web page: www.FairTax.org or call 1-800-FAIRTAX.