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More Great Links

• Internal Revenue Service
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Sources

• FairTax.org. "Thumbnail sketch of the FairTax." FairTax.org. [Sept. 12, 2008] http://www.fairtax.org/PDF/FairTaxThumbnailSketch.pdf
• Hodge, Scott A. "Tax Reform: Flat Tax or FairTax?" The Tax Foundation. Aug. 20, 2007. http://www.taxfoundation.org/publications/show/22562.html
• IRS. "New IRS Study Provides Preliminary Tax Gap Estimate." Internal Revenue Service. [Sept. 12, 2008] http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=137247,00.html
• Mitchell, Daniel J. Ph.D. "A Brief Guide to the Flat Tax." The Heritage Foundation. July 7, 2005. [Sept. 12, 2008] http://www.heritage.org/Research/Taxes/upload/80562_1.pdf