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What is the FairTax?

The FairTax plan is a comprehensive proposal that replaces all federal income and payroll based taxes with an integrated approach including:

  • A progressive national retail sales tax.
  • A prebate to ensure no American pays federal taxes on spending up to the poverty level.
  • Dollar-for-dollar federal revenue neutrality.
  • Repeal of the 16th Amendment through companion legislation.

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Where we go from here


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FairTax Versus Obama
Tax Plan


Want to see how the President Elect's plan matches up to the FairTax? We've compiled a detailed chart comparing the Obama Plan to the FairTax in critical areas such as middle class tax cuts, jumpstarting the U.S. economy and creating new jobs.

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Two Ways to Promote the FairTax Now

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    Tell GOP leadership to revamp the Republican platform with the FairTax.
  2. Let everyone know the FairTax is the bold new idea this country needs
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Save The Economy Now: The FairTax


One-off bailouts and rushed rescue packages are not the answer to our financial woes. See why the FairTax--which solves the root problem of current economic crisis not just the effect on Wall Street--is the answer that America needs now more than ever.

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Economists Embrace the FairTax


Don't just take our word on why the FairTax will benefit individual taxpayers and the overall American economy. Read an open letter sent to the President and Congress by 80 independent economists detailing it.

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Research & Background

FairTax.org has conducted extensive policy research and commissioned a variety of issue papers on the economic impact of the FairTax on various sectors of industry and individual taxpayers.

Featured Paper: "What the federal tax system is costing you besides your taxes!" Tax compliance facts as you prepare this year's return. Read the paper »

Beacon Hill Institute in Boston has recently completed comprehensive research on the major facets of the FairTax: estimation of the tax base and rate for the FairTax compared to other tax reform proposals, its impact on the economy, on the states, on the distribution of the tax burden and on charitable giving. See the research »

Laurence J. Kotlikoff, Professor of Economics at Boston University and former senior economist, President’s Council of Economic Advisers, has extensively published in the field of public finance and tax reform including papers on the FairTax, from overviews for non-technical readers to fundamental economic for economists. See the research »

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