VAT
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Fairness is the hardest and most important part of taxes that needs to be assessed in my opinion. If the country levied a VAT tax it would be very similar to a sales tax. This means that regardless of income consumers would pay the same tax on every item they bought. VAT is a regressive tax, which means that since everyone pays the same amount the tax will be a higher percentage of a lower income than a higher income. Part of fairness is ability to pay and those with lower income are less able to pay yet taxed the same amount. This tax would make it harder for the government to distribute income. It would widen the gap between low and high income tax payers.
People with higher incomes may argue that it treats people more equally, another aspect of fairness. They believe that they are working harder therefore they are receiving a higher income. For some that may be true...