Chairman Reports

A study issued by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy looked at the federal, state and local taxes paid by undocumented immigrants: Read More.

This is the title of an article by Veronique de Rugy, the George Gibbs Chair in Political Economy and a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. Read More.

Arthur Laffer, a prominent American economist, developed a bell-curved analysis that showed the relationship between income tax rates and the total tax revenue the Treasury receives. Read More.

Arthur Laffer, a prominent American economist, developed a bell-curved analysis that showed the relationship between income tax rates and the total tax revenue the Treasury receives. Read More.

U.S. Senators John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) and Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Finance, led their colleagues in a letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Danny Werfel. Read More.

The story is about an emperor who is exceedingly vain and obsessed with his appearance, particularly his clothing.  When two clothes weavers arrive at the emperor’s court and claim that they can weave the finest clothes imaginable, which are invisible to anyone who is unfit for their position or hopelessly stupid, the emperor is excited. Read More.

In early June, former President Trump proposed to eliminate the income tax and replace the revenue with increased tariffs. Read More.

In early June, former President Trump proposed to eliminate the income tax and replace the revenue with increased tariffs. Read More.

In early June, former President Trump proposed to eliminate the income tax and replace the revenue with increased tariffs. Read More.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders is the governor of Arkansas and daughter of Mike Huckabee who is on the AFFT Advisory Committee and who ran for President promising to enact the FAIRtax. Read More.

On June 20, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision in the case of Moore v. United States.  By a 7-2 margin, the Court ruled that the transition tax defined in section 965 of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was constitutional.  That tax was imposed on the unrealized earnings of American citizens holding shares in a foreign corporation. Read More.

In 1776, The Declaration of Independence was signed by 56 delegates to the Second Continental Congress, representing the 13 colonies. Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists. Eleven were merchants, nine were farmers and large plantation owners, men of means, well educated. Read More.

Could the unthinkable ever happen to our great country? Victor Davis Hanson addresses this very subject in his latest book, The End of Everything. In a recent article in the June 2024 edition of Amac Magazine entitled, “Can Societal Annihilation Happen Again?” Victor discusses many aspects of what has historically led certain civilizations to experience a complete elimination of their culture, way of life, language, physical space, people, and long customs and traditions. Read More.

John Linder, a retired Member of Congress is the original sponsor of the FAIRtax and is on the AFFT Advisory Board members. John has written a letter to President Trump about how to fundamentally change D.C.--he should replace the income/payroll tax system with FAIRtax. Read More.

One of the loudest complaints raised against the FAIRtax is that it would abolish the corporate income tax. According to DC elite thinking, it’s absolutely unconscionable that billions of dollars of corporate profits would go completely untaxed. The elites sincerely believe that these mega-rich corporations have an obligation to “pay their fair share”. Read More.