Striker to A Boring Dystopia • 11 months agoReactionaries and inconsistency are a match made in heavenimagemessage-square121arrow-up11.77Karrow-down139
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minus-square@Sanyanovlink4•11 months 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” ?
minus-square@ShortFuselink5•edit-211 months agoYou file your taxes under a special SSN that begins with a 9 that is given to you by the IRS specifically for filing. https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/taxpayer-identification-numbers-tin#itin
minus-square@Sanyanovlink0•11 months agoAnd 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?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•11 months agoa) 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]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•11 months agoWhenever they get a paycheck from a legitimate business, they’re paying into those taxes.
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” ?
You file your taxes under a special SSN that begins with a 9 that is given to you by the IRS specifically for filing.
https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/taxpayer-identification-numbers-tin#itin
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?
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]
I see, thanks!
Whenever they get a paycheck from a legitimate business, they’re paying into those taxes.