Tax Guru-Ker$tetter Letter
Tuesday, November 26, 2002
Unclear On the Concept
Proving yet again that membership in Mensa is not a requirement to be elected to public office is Arkansas Representative Don House. He wonders why truckers would prefer to license their vehicles in Oklahoma for $51 instead of in Arkansas for $6,380. What a mystery. We should convene a special session of the legislature to figure that one out. Oh, that's right. That's what they did in Little Rock.
This is a perfect illustration of why I never worry about having a career. Whenever the issue of replacing the income tax with a sales tax comes up, people very sincerely wonder what I will do to make a living. Money is money. People will still use creative accountants to help them save thousands of dollars in sales taxes, just as they do for income and estate taxes.
KMK