Tax,
Government
Sep. 14, 2017
What real tax reform should look like
Here is a suggestion that would be a boom to workers, corporations and the economy: Abolish the income tax and replace it with a national sales tax.
Ira L. Shafiroff
Professor
Southwestern Law School
Email: ishafiroff@swlaw.edu
Ira is the author of "First-Year Law School Success: the Ultimate and Essential Guide for Every 1L" (4th ed. 613 House) (2018). The views expressed in Mr. Shafiroff's columns are his own.
As the Trump administration grapples with reforming our overly complex and highly ineffective tax system, here is a suggestion that would be a boom to workers, corporations and the economy: Abolish the income tax and replace it with a national sales tax.
While abrogating the income tax would be a cataclysmic shift for the nation, there are sound reasons to do it.
First, a national sales tax would fi...
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