Free Tax Project

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Status

• Work in progress
• Please feel free to edit
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Concept

'Free' tax means libre tax and, at the same time, optionally gratis tax (c.f.: Wikipedia: Gratis versus Libre, The Free Software Definition and The Open Source Definition).

The Project as the Greatest Common Divisor

The Free Tax Project is defined as the Greatest Common Divisor among

• p2p initiations
• Hackerspaces
• Pirate Parties
• Micronations
• "State hack" projects (first steps in this direction: Free State Project and Icelandic Modern Media Initiative)
• The United Persons
• (who else?).

Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for the Project

We should

1. (Sustainable Creativity) have an ethical basis for independent tax in the form of a firm conception of sustainable creativity
2. (Independent Money) create money (incl. the infrastructure for other secure communication) independent of states
3. (Independent Tax) have the option to pay our tax on bits independent of states
4. (Pacification) have the option to avoid double taxation of bits by states
5. (Participation) have the infrastructure to spend our taxes by means of our participation, and
6. (Customary Law) reveal our laws based on our customs of our communities on the internet.

Independent Tax

Tax on bits independent of states

• default rate > 0
• option out (i.e., e-cash)

The 0% tax rate does not mean gratis transaction: the costs of transaction and tax rates are not the same concepts.

References

Michael's delicious P2P Tax links

Participation

• default: no double taxation
• option out (i.e., pay taxes on bits to states as well)

Customary Law

Customary law does not mean that we should avoid prescriptive laws or constitutions: it just means that we should review and appreciate the experiences we acquired through our cooperation of different kinds on the internet.

To do

• Bibliography
  • Zotero
  • Michael's references
• Extract of conversation w Michael & Kevin