The Lifecycle Revenue Model
The Accord captures revenue at each stage of economic value formation as a closed lifecycle loop: Payroll (TCL) → Income (Unified Tax) → Consumption (VAT) → Externalities (Carbon, Market Corrections) → Wealth (Annual Levy) → Estate Settlement (prepaid by Wealth Levy). Loopholes at each stage are closed by instruments at the next. No stage is left unpriced.
The General Fund Principle
Most revenues flow to the General Fund. Lockboxed exceptions are limited to three ring-fenced trust funds (Social Security Trust, Climate Adaptation Trust, Financial Stability Reserve) and two statutory rebate streams (Carbon Energy Stipend, VAT Pre-bate) returned directly to households. All other revenue alignments (e.g., "the Health TCL funds VHA-E") are expenditure guidelines establishing actuarial honesty, not rigid legal lockboxes.
Opt-Out Closures
The Accord systematically closes every major structural tax avoidance strategy: Buy-Borrow-Die (borrowing against appreciated assets triggers realization), offshore corporate havens (Sales-Factor Apportionment taxes on US customer location), dynasty trusts (deemed realization every 50 years or at inter-generational transfer), GRATs (minimum return requirement), stepped-up basis at death (permanently eliminated), and shell concealment (Financial Integrity Fee). The Capital Gains Allowance Ledger (CGAL) caps lifetime preferential-rate gains at $10M, closing arbitrage across all realization events through a single instrument.
Scoring Endnote 1: Aggregate Revenue Summary
Nominal GDP (Year 10, 2039): $40.7T (CBO baseline $39.2T; Accord dynamic boost +0.2pp/yr from infrastructure multiplier).
Total compensation base: $18.3T (~42.5% of Accord GDP). Source: BLS/BEA historical ratio, stable across cycle.
CBO baseline federal revenue (2039): ~$7.8T (17.8% GDP). CBO baseline deficit: ~$3.8T. Debt: $57T+ gross.
Accord gross revenue: $15.06T. Statutory rebates: $0.82T. Net revenue: $14.24T.
On-budget obligations (excluding infrastructure and trust deposits): $12.75T (reflects $6.25T VHA-E scoring). On-budget surplus: $1.80T (pre-interest surplus at $6.25T).
Net surplus for debt retirement: ~$1.35T.
Trust fund deposits: $1.15T/yr (Climate $0.83T + SS $0.29T + SIFI $0.03T). Intergovernmental; reduces publicly held debt but creates deferred spending obligations.
Debt trajectory: $39T → $0 in 28–32 years (General Fund only with interest savings compounding).
⚠ GDP dynamic boost of +0.2pp/yr is a judgment call. IMF 2014 estimates 1.4x multiplier for well-targeted public investment. If boost is zero, steady state GDP is $39.2T and revenues are ~3% lower.