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Consumption TaxesWorld Taxpayers Associations
39 Member Associations from 34 Countries on 6 Continents - a united front for lower taxes, less waste, accountable government and taxpayers rights the world over
World Taxpayers Associations is a non-profit organization officially established at the Foreign Press Club in Washington D.C., USA, on September 29, 1988, to join the fight for lower taxes. Until 2000 the name of the organization was Taxpayers Associations International.
President of the organization is Mr Björn Tarras-Wahlberg, former President of the Swedish Taxpayers Association for 16 years. The organization is registred in Sweden with offices in Bruselles (Belgium), Paris (France), Stockholm (Sweden) and Washington D.C. (USA).
Resolutions of 2001
Replace Income Taxes with Consumption Taxes
We, the Members of the World Taxpayers Associations, an organization comprising 37 member associations from 32 countries on six continents, hereby find that:
many countries with higher taxes on productive activity - work and investment - have lower rates of economic growth, and
the income tax has been shown to be one of the most economically destructive types of tax, and
- countries that can redirect consumption towards investment will have higher growth in the long-run.
Therefore, be it resolved:
the Members of the World Taxpayers Associations applaud efforts in some countries to eliminate all taxes on income from work or investment and replace these taxes with a tax on consumption such as a national sales tax, and also applaud efforts to reduce income taxes in countries that do not completely eliminate income taxes, and
we strongly believe that all taxes must be visible to taxpayers. Politicians can not be allowed to impose taxes that are invisible to the public, and
in particular, we support the efforts of proponents of the “Fair Tax” in the United States of America. We believe that if countries would end their taxes on productive activity and adopt proposals such as the Fair Tax, they would see immediate marked increases in economic growth and development and the lives of all citizens would be bettered, and
- for countries that do not replace their income taxes with a visible consumption tax, we suggest the alternative tax reform of a low flat income tax with a large personal exemption.
Agreed to unanimously by the Members’ meeting of
the World Taxpayers Associations
June 14, 2001, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Note from Bracken:
Well, it appears that taxpayers around the world are getting fed up with "income taxes".
Added to this, people are finally waking up to the insidious "hidden taxes" which are always present with any system which taxes business, whether by the use of an income tax or a "Value Added Tax" (VAT).
I applaud "The World Taxpayers Assosiations" for adding their support to the "National Sales Tax" idea.
Well, it's beginning to look like there are only a few people remaining who do not quite understand all of this. Ironically, those few people are the ones who can do something about this. The people I'm talking about are your elected representatives in Congress. That's right...your Senators and Representative. And don't forget the President.
So, now would be a good time to write each of them a letter. What are you waiting for?
Thanks for your help in getting this done.
D.P. "Bracken" Bracken
Chairman, CATS Las Vegas ChapterP.S. For more on "hidden taxes" see:
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