- The FairTax Book
Infobox Book
name = The FairTax Book
title_orig =
translator =
author =Neal Boortz John Linder
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country =United States
language = English
series =
subject =Politics Economics Taxes Public policy
genre =Current events Politics
publisher =Regan Books
release_date = 2005
media_type =
pages = 208
size_weight = 12.8ounces
isbn = HC ISBN 9780060875411 HC ISBN 0060875410 PB ISBN 9780060875497 PB ISBN 0060875496
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followed_by =FairTax: The Truth: Answering the Critics"The FairTax Book" is a
non-fiction book by libertarianradio talk show hostNeal Boortz and CongressmanJohn Linder , published onAugust 2 ,2005 , as a tool to increase public support and understanding for theFairTax plan.cite book | first=Neal | last=Boortz | coauthors=Linder, John | year=2006 | title=The FairTax Book: Saying Goodbye to the Income Tax and the IRS | edition=Paperback | publisher=Regan Books | id=ISBN 0-06-087549-6 ] Released byReganBooks , thehardcover version held the #1 spot on the "New York Times" Best Seller list for the last two weeks of August 2005 and remained in the top ten for seven weeks. [Matt Kempner, "The FairTax Book" author from Atlanta is pumping up volume on sales of book." "Atlanta Journal-Constitution",20 August 2005.] The paperback reprint of the book in May 2006 contains additional information and anafterword . It also spent several weeks on the "New York Times" Best Seller list. Boortz stated that he donates his share of the proceeds to charity to promote the book.cite web| url=http://boortz.com/nuze/200509/09202005.html| last=Boortz| first=Neal| title=Nealz Nuze|work=| publisher=Cox Radio| date=2005-09-07| accessdate=2006-08-07]The book was published as a companion to the "Fair Tax Act of 2005", which was a bill in the
109th United States Congress for changing tax laws to replace theInternal Revenue Service (IRS) and all federal income taxes (including AMT), payroll taxes (including Social Security and Medicare taxes), corporate taxes,capital gains tax es,gift tax es, and estate taxes with a national retailsales tax , to be levied once at the point of purchase on all new goods and services. The proposal also calls for an advance monthly tax rebate tohousehold s of citizens and legal resident aliens, to "untax" purchases up to the poverty level.cite web| url=http://people.bu.edu/kotlikoff/WSJ%20Op%20Ed%203-7-05.pdf| last=Kotlikoff| first=Laurence| coauthors=|title=The Case for the 'FairTax'| work=| publisher=The Wall Street Journal| date=2005-03-07| accessdate=2006-07-23|format=PDF] The bill was reintroduced in January 2007 as the "Fair Tax Act of 2007".The sequel to "The FairTax Book", "FairTax: The Truth: Answering the Critics", was released by
HarperCollins onFebruary 12 ,2008 . The book was published as a follow up to answer questions and respond to critics of the FairTax plan,cite book | first=Neal | last=Boortz | coauthors=Linder, John | year=2008 | title=FairTax: The Truth: Answering the Critics | edition=Paperback | publisher=HarperCollins | id=ISBN 978-0061540462] and achieved #4 on the "New York Times" Best Seller list for the week ofMarch 2 ,2008 for paperback nonfiction.ee also
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Americans For Fair Taxation
*John Linder
*Neal Boortz References
External links
* [http://www.harpercollins.com/books/9780060875411/The_Fair_Tax_Book/index.aspx?WT.mc_id=WikiP9780060875497 Excerpt from "The Fair Tax Book"] (Official publisher web page)
* [http://browseinside.harpercollins.com/index.aspx?isbn13=9780061540462 Excerpt from "FairTax: The Truth"] (Official publisher web page)
* [http://www.boortz.com/ Neal Boortz Website]
* [http://linderfairtax.house.gov/ John Linder's FairTax Site]
* [http://linder.house.gov/ John Linder's Congress Site]
* [http://www.fairtax.org FairTax.org] - Americans For Fair Taxation
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