Whenever they get a paycheck from a legitimate business, they’re paying into those taxes.
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Sanyanov@lemmy.world 1 year agoHow does it work btw? Do you come to your country’s tax authority and say “hello, I’m here illegally, can I pay taxes” ?
EmperorHenry@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
ShortFuse@lemmy.world 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year 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]
Sanyanov@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I see, thanks!