Discussion:Taxation of Illegals
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| 27 September 2009 | |
| I guess everyone has an idea on this, but I had a thought that I wanted to get others opinions on. What if there were a national sales tax on everything that we purchased in the market. Then when we filed our regular income taxes we each received a credit for the sales taxes paid during the calendar year. The sales taxes we paid would be used to offset the income taxes owed. This would prevent people from not paying throughout the year and prevent illegals from not paying anything at all. Does this make sense as a way to bring illegals into the tax system? The taxpayer could track their actual sales taxes paid by keeping receipts or use a standard amount provided, whichever is higher. When it comes to the earned income credit and the child tax credit, which causes many to not owe any income tax and even get FICA taxes refunded, there can be a similar form W-5 to get the sales taxes refunded through their employer or directly from the government. Has this idea been considered by anyone in Congress yet? | |
