Speaking at Cayuhoga Community College in Parma, Ohio, on September 8, 2010, President Obama planted (perhaps inadvertently) the seeds of The Flat Tax.
The president called for full expensing (100% writeoff) of investment in plant and equipment for all U.S. businesses in 2011, thereby removing the current $250,000 limit in Section 179 of the U.S. tax code.
Obama’s 100% first-year writeoff leads, in a few steps, to The Flat Tax.
1. Make expensing permanent.
2. Apply the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) to all tax filers at a 19% rate. At the same time broaden the tax base by eliminating all deductions, exemptions, and credits except for a personal allowance.
3. Integrate the corporate income tax with the personal income tax at the same 19% rate. Eliminate double taxation of dividends, tax on capital gains, tax on estates, and deduction of interest.
Voila!
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