It seems like it would be better1 to simply issue weekly refund checks of overcollected sales tax to people who qualify. Then the merchants have to track ID2 but they don't need to know your income or deal with a separate tax transaction.
1 For values of 'better' equal to 'if this horrible idea were considered desirable at all'. 2 But only on the transactions they want considered for the refund, perhaps. Or alternately, you could simply have the tax bureau accept authenticated receipts and issue refunds on that basis.
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1 For values of 'better' equal to 'if this horrible idea were considered desirable at all'.
2 But only on the transactions they want considered for the refund, perhaps. Or alternately, you could simply have the tax bureau accept authenticated receipts and issue refunds on that basis.