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Rob Woodall Advocated for the FairTax® on Tax Day
On April 15th, the traditional day that Federal income taxes are due, The Gwinnett Daily Post published an article by Rob Woodall, Georgia's 7th District US Congressman, in which he promoted the FairTax to replace the income tax. Rep. Woodall introduced HR 25, the...
Will Trump listen to Pence?
The primary role of the US Vice President is to be prepared to take over the role of President should something happen to POTUS. In the case of tax reform, President Trump would serve the country well to delegate the job of tax reform to his Vice President. Pence is a...
VAT is a poor substitute for the real thing
Rumors are afoot that the Trump administration is considering a Value-Added Tax, or VAT, as a possible component of its tax reform efforts. Hopefully, those rumors are not true, especially if imposing a VAT does not include elimination of the Federal income tax. In...
Congressional District 6 Debates
On April 18th, the 6th Congressional District is holding a special election to fill the seat vacated by Tom Price who was selected by President Trump as Secretary of Health and Human Services. There are 18 candidates running for this position. Debates are being held...
Special Election in House District 6
When President Trump nominated Georgia’s Tom Price to serve as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, we were proud to see this Georgian taking a leading role in the new administration. However, there’s one drawback to Price’s new job: the national...
Special Election in Georgia Senate District 32
When Tom Price was selected by President Trump to serve as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, he had to give up his US Congressional seat. Judson Hill, the Georgia Senator from District 32 gave up his seat to run for the US Congress and replace...
Bloodstains and IBM’s Watson
Jerry Seinfeld once spoofed a TV advertisement for a laundry detergent that boasted it could remove blood stains from your t-shirt. Seinfeld quipped that if you have blood stains on your t-shirt, you probably have bigger problems than how to remove them. Not that...
Legislature Swarms with Pleas for Money
If you’ve never been to the Georgia State Capitol while the legislature is in session, you owe it to yourself to do so. It’s a fascinating view of how our government works – beyond the textbook version we’ve all read in school. Beginning right after the first of...
Income Tax Fraud – The Georgia Dept of Revenue Takes Action, but …
The Georgia Department of Revenue (DOR) has the unenviable task of collecting and enforcing compliance with the Georgia tax code. Since Georgia’s income tax contributes the largest share of the state’s revenue, there’s a lot of money involved - around $11 billion/year...
Two FairTaxers® Respond to Inaccurate Article
Mike and Marian Warlick of Dahlonega, wrote a letter to the editor of the Gainesville Times to correct inaccurate information that appeared in an article about tax reform and the state FairTax bill. Their letter appeared on January 13, 2017. Their letter corrected the...
Tax Preparer/City Councilwoman accused of tax fraud
Income tax is so complicated, most of us turn over the responsibility for preparing our return to a professional tax preparer. Recently, that’s gotten a lot of people in trouble around south metro Atlanta, all because of one “professional” tax preparer. The Georgia...
Meet your 2017 GFFT Board of Directors
In December, the Board of Directors held their quarterly meeting and elected the current Board of Directors and leadership positions for 2017. Jay Franks was reelected for a second one-year term as Board Chairman. Bill Fogarty was elected as State Director, replacing...
IRS failed to notify over one million taxpayers of theft of their Social Security Numbers
The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration released a report on August 30th that revealed that over 1,000,000 taxpayers had their social security numbers stolen over a five-year period in employment-related identity theft. The thieves, mostly illegal...
The FairTax goes electronic in Georgia!
In an effort to streamline our signup process at fairs and other events, we have finally dumped the cumbersome multi-step paper system we were using to gather names and addresses of visitors who were interested in joining us in our efforts to pass the FairTax. We have...
Hitched your wagon to fallen candidate? Your enthusiasm not so great?
Hitched your wagon to fallen candidate? Your enthusiasm not so great? You may be one of those people who supported a candidate who has now disappeared from the scene. You may feel lukewarm about the current field, frustrated that your voice isn’t being heard, and...