Sales taxes have been imposed by states but not the federal government. The first sales tax was enacted in West Virginia in 1921. Eleven other states followed suit in 1933. Eighteen more states had a sales tax in place by 1940.
Alaska, Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire, and Oregon are the only states without a sales tax as of July 2024.
Tax Foundation. "State and Local Sales Tax Rates, Midyear 2024."
There will be sales tax.
There will be no property taxes.
When did sales tax start? If not when, when did they become so much?
https://www.investopedia.com/articles/tax/10/history-taxes.asp
I always liked The Fair Tax Act in 2004. A flat tax on all new goods and services. Only way to tax the shadow economy