NATIONAL TAXPAYERS UNION

'National Taxpayers Union' (NTU) is a pro-taxpayers advocacy organization in the United States, founded in 1969 by James Dale Davidson. It is closely affiliated with a non-profit foundation, the National Taxpayers Union Foundation (NTUF). According to the 990 forms of NTUF, the NTU and NTUF share staff, facilities, website and board members. Dr. John E. Berthoud is president of both the NTU and the NTUF, and Dave Stanley is chairman of both groups. The NTU provides a rating for every member of Congress, indexing how "taxpayer-friendly" it views each representative or senator to be.

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Policy positions

Taxpayers' Best Friend Award

See also

References

Links

Policy positions

The group is best known for its work to enact constitutional limits on government taxes, spending and debt. It played a major role in passage of Federal income tax indexing, so inflation no longer bumps taxpayers into higher brackets. It also played a major role in passage of "Taxpayer Bill of Rights" laws that help to safeguard against IRS abuses and legislation protecting innocent spouses from having to pay tax debts.
The NTU favors either a flat tax or the FairTax (a national sales tax with rebate) for the United States, as opposed to the current income tax system now in use.^[1] They argue in favor of the line-item veto for the president.
^[1] They generally oppose crop subsidies by the government (such as for sugar and ethanol).^[1] The organization's briefs and policy papers decry the so-called "death tax," (a tax on estates)^[1] and supports deregulation.^[1]

Taxpayers' Best Friend Award

★ 1999: Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX)

★ 2001: Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX)

★ 2007: Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC)

See also

★ Arkansas Project

★ Americans For Fair Taxation

★ Americans for Tax Reform

★ Citizens for Tax Justice

★ Tax Foundation

★ George Snyder

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Links

★ National Taxpayers Union website