Keep your whole paycheck
No federal income tax withholding and no federal payroll tax deductions.
A fairer tax code starts here
Let Mainers keep more of what they earn.
Replace the federal income and payroll tax system with one simple, transparent tax on new retail purchases. No federal tax on your paycheck. No annual federal income tax return.
Neighbors, business owners, and taxpayers
building a grassroots movement across Maine.
44.3° N The Pine Tree State
Imagine April without the IRS. Keep your whole paycheck. Pay taxes when you choose to spend.
Get the facts →A simpler way forward
One plan. Five big changes.
The FairTax replaces today’s maze of federal income and payroll taxes with a transparent national retail sales tax.
Pay when you buy new
The tax applies once, at the final retail purchase of new goods and services.
Untax necessities
A monthly prebate offsets tax on spending up to the poverty level.
End annual returns
For most households, no federal income tax forms or April filing deadline.
Make taxes visible
The federal tax appears on each retail receipt, in plain sight.
Why it matters here
Maine works hard.
Our tax code should, too.
From Kittery to Fort Kent, Mainers know the value of a dollar. The FairTax rewards work, saving, and investment instead of taxing them at every turn.
- ✓Working families
No federal income or payroll tax withheld from wages. - ✓Small businesses
Less federal tax paperwork and fewer embedded compliance costs. - ✓Seniors and savers
No federal tax on Social Security benefits, pensions, or investment income.
The bill before Congress
The FairTax Act is H.R. 25.
Sponsored by Rep. Earl “Buddy” Carter of Georgia, H.R. 25 would replace federal income, payroll, estate, and gift taxes with a national retail sales tax. It includes the family prebate, state administration, and a safeguard that terminates the tax if the Sixteenth Amendment is not repealed within seven years.
StatusReferred to House Ways & Means
As of today14 cosponsors
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