Kepner Income Tax come up with the fact that it gives the government a prior lien on all the property produced by its subjects." The government "unashamedly proclaims the doctrine of collectivized wealth. ... That which it does not take is a concession." Kepner Income Tax The Kepner Income Tax is an approach to taxation, suggested in the United States, that would collect on a progressive income tax (with no deductions, credits or exemptions) and an estate tax. It would repeal the corporate tax and payroll taxes (including Federal Insurance Contributions Act tax (FICA)). All income, from whatever source, would be taxed the
Hall income tax and 1960, the court rejected proposals for a general personal income tax. However, in 1981, 1991, and 1999, three different Tennessee Attorneys General issued opinions that a general income tax would not violate the state constitution. In December 2004, a commission established to study the state's tax structure said the Hall income tax was regressive, anti-competitive, and "unfairly selective." However, the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) said the Hall Tax is actually the only major progressive tax levied in Tennessee—amounting to 0.4 percent of income for high-income taxpayers compared to 0.0–0.1 percent for less affluent Tennesseans. The Tennessee