ɪn tˈuː θˈaʊzənd sˈɛvən bɹˈuːs bˈɑːɹtlɪt ɹˈoʊt ðæt fˈɛɹ tˈæks wʌz ɚɹˈɪdʒɪnəli dɪvˈaɪzd baɪ ðə tʃˈɜːtʃ ʌv saɪəntˈɑːlədʒi ɪnðɪ ˈɜːli nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti z æz ɐ wˈeɪ tə ɡɛt ɹˈɪd ʌvðɪ ɪntˈɜːnəl ɹˈɛvənˌuː sˈɜːvɪs.
In 2007 Bruce Bartlett wrote that FairTax was originally devised by the Church of Scientology in the early 1990s as a way to get rid of the Internal Revenue Service.