As part of NTU's VAT Watch, the Wall Street Journal reports that Utah Senator Orrin Hatch has expressed his opposition to a VAT in writing. Hatch sent a letter to the White House saying:
"The negative ramifications of instituting a VAT on top of our existing tax system are so compelling that I strongly urge the PERAB to not include any VAT proposals in its final report….In my view, enacting a VAT on top of our existing tax systems [sic] would be a colossal mistake because its purpose would not be to improve the way we collect revenues, but solely to increase the amount of revenues collected."