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op-ed: IRS Agents Don’t Belong on the Family Farm

Featured in RealClearPolicy, AIA CEO Chuck Flint discusses a tax policy threat that hits close to home for millions of Americans, making the case against taxing unrealized gains and what it would mean for family farmers who are asset-rich but cash-poor. With average Midwest farmland values dramatically rising, families who haven't sold a single acre could face annual IRS bills on gains they've never collected, potentially forcing them to sell off land that's been in the family for generations.

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op-ed: Americans Are Demanding Change at the IRS

Featured in RealClearPolicy, AIA CEO Chuck Flint, on the heels of AIA-commissioned polling, argues that the IRS has lost public trust by being inconsistent, opaque, and overly burdensome on taxpayers, and that Congress should restore balance by shifting the burden of proof onto the IRS in disputes and requiring it to pay taxpayers' legal fees when it loses in court.

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OP-ED: Wealth Tax or Stealth Tax?

Featured in The Washington Times, AIA CEO Chuck Flint discusses the peril in Sen. Warren’s proposed Ultra Millionaire Tax of 2026, which would arm the IRS with $100B in new funding.

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Op-ED: Make the IRS Pay Its Fair Share

As the administration examines downsizing the IRS, the national interest is best served by first terminating workers who haven’t paid their fair share of back taxes. It’s the beginning of many steps that must be taken to restore trust to a broken agency.

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