[lewislynn]

Thats a stretch. By that reasoning, all workers are providing a "service,"

Yes they are, even by IRS rules. The difference is their "independence" from their employer. Do they punch a time clock? Would they be fired or reprimanded because they have another job to go to that day? Are they required to be at their work station? Required to show up everyday at a given time? Can't take a one hour lunch? Etc.

I have both worked as and hired independent contractors. Independent contractors typically are performing a service. I don't make up the rules I obey them.

[bill1952]

To put it politely, garbage.

You may now come to Florida and tell 100% of all the independent contractors that they are providing a "service" and are required to pay state sales tax.

Absolutely nothing that you wrote qualifies any of these independent contractors to pay a service or sales tax. Zero.

Sorry, the Florida State Revenue Department does not agree with you, nor does the Fl State Supreme Court.

I suppose you also believe that building contractors, an ultimate independent contractor by legal definition, are subject to sales tax. Nope.

What I'm saying here, is that sales or service tax is not dependent on a colloquial definition of "service." and while you may think that you are playing by some IRS "rule," that concerns who pays certain Federal income taxes, that has ZERO bearing here.

The Federal government or the IRS do not have anything to do with a "sales tax," simply because there is none.

This post has to do with the implications of replacing the Federal income tax with a Federal flat value added tax, and everything that you posted has to do with a system that would be scrapped.


Not sales tax. Period.