1. Nearly 300,000 trees annually are cut down to produce the amount of required paper for all the IRS forms and instructions.
2. Taxes eat up 38.2% of the average family's income; that's more than for food, clothing and shelter combined.
3. American taxpayers spend $200 billion and 5.4 billion hours working to comply with federal taxes each year, more than it takes to produce every car, truck, and van in the United States.
4. The complete Internal Revenue Code is more than 21 megabytes in length, contains more than 7.8 million words
2007-10-14 02:04:56 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Anthony- I never said the IRS sets the tax rate.
2007-10-14 02:15:20 · update #1
We need to implement "The Fair Tax" and get rid of the IRS and congresses ability to bleed us from our pay checks.
2007-10-14 02:10:52 · answer #1 · answered by ROIHUNTER 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
1. We do away with the IRS as it is today
2. We have a flat tax, how much paper would that take? And it would be fair.
3. With a flat tax we would have more disposable income. The more people we get out earning money and paying taxes, the more solid our government will be, and if we had more people becoming wealthy, their would definitely be more jobs created. Get rid of government waste, and privatize things like social security.We would be able to maintain services, and also eliminate many of the very low income , but still be able to care for the needy in this country.
4. The tax code would go out in the bath water with the IRS baby. We certainly would see a difference with the deficit.
2007-10-14 09:32:01 · answer #2 · answered by Moody Red 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The IRS is a total mess and should be replaced by a new tax agency. To correct you...Congress sets up tax rates, not the IRS.
The taxes are complicated, and we spend too much time doing them. The IRS is one agency we don't need.
I had no clue about all the trees that are used for their paper trail. Rediculous.
2007-10-14 09:12:52 · answer #3 · answered by Villain 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The taxes are higher than 38.2% for the average American. The 38.2% is what you pay to make it, but how about all the taxes you pay when you spend it, for example, Sales Tax, Excise Tax, Property Tax, etc. When you add up all the taxes you pay, you will find your already paying over 50%.
2007-10-14 10:09:51 · answer #4 · answered by Johnny Reb 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
THERE SHOULD BE A NATIONAL SALES TAX TO REPLACE THE CURRENT SYSTEM. THIS WAY EVERY PERSON PAYS A FAIR TAX.
2007-10-14 12:58:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yet we have the liberals who want to do everything to raise taxes even more to pay for more and more government rammed down our throats.
2007-10-14 09:07:58 · answer #6 · answered by TheOnlyBeldin 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
I would also like to mention that there is no law that says you have to pay your tax's. we all do it voluntarily or out of fear !
2007-10-14 12:44:51 · answer #7 · answered by Bo Remmington . American ! 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It belongs in the trash... that's rediculous. lets rise up!
2007-10-14 09:08:28 · answer #8 · answered by SolarWind 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Taxes are good.... Taxes are our friend... Please pass the cool aid
2007-10-14 10:33:08 · answer #9 · answered by beanerjr 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
uprising against the irs!!!!!!!!!
2007-10-14 09:22:04 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋