They boay more huh? That’s some magical shit right there lol
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EmperorHenry@discuss.tchncs.de 9 months ago
Illegal immigrants actually pay into state and local taxes way more than legal citizens and green-card holders do.
And since they’re here undocumented, they can’t get anything in return for paying those taxes.
systemglitch@lemmy.world 9 months ago
DarthBueller@lemmy.world 9 months ago
They pay more if you consider that they frequently pay SS if they have a fake SSN but don’t get any benefit from doing so.
Sanyanov@lemmy.world 9 months ago
How does it work btw? Do you come to your country’s tax authority and say “hello, I’m here illegally, can I pay taxes” ?
ShortFuse@lemmy.world 9 months ago
You file your taxes under a special SSN that begins with a 9 that is given to you by the IRS specifically for filing.
Sanyanov@lemmy.world 9 months ago
And you’re not immediately arrested for, like, illegally working or potentially illegally crossing the border to begin with?
Or is it like taxing criminal activity, simply a loophole to make charging them easier?
funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
a) different departments, tax department doesn’t deal with immigration law
b) government likes money more than it likes fairness, as should be obvious looking at… yknow… [gestures generally]
EmperorHenry@discuss.tchncs.de 9 months ago
Whenever they get a paycheck from a legitimate business, they’re paying into those taxes.
ShortFuse@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I looked up the numbers a while back but this 2017 study says at least 50%, meaning the majority pay taxes.
itep.org/undocumented-immigrants-state-local-tax-…
Also, note that only 59.9% of households pay taxes, which means legal status that is important in terms of whether people pay taxes or not. They also won’t likely get any social security money either.