Re: Don't you just love America?

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From: Tiny Human Ferret
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 03:11

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The Real Bev wrote:
> 
> Tiny Human Ferret wrote:
> >
> > "Dave C." wrote:
> > >
> > > You can claim exemption, but then the money NEVER goes to SS, Medicare.  I
> > > mean, if you are an illegal alien and claim tax exemption (to stop your
> > > employer from withholding tax), are you going to file a tax return later?
> > > Not bloody likely.
> >
> > I have recurrently heard stories that illegal aliens regularly submit
> > exemption requests for the legal limit of exemptable children, 7 dependents.
> 
> It USED to be that when employees underwithheld or declared themselves
> exempt from taxation, if the feds couldn't ultimately collect the amount due
> from the employee, they extracted it from the employer.  This means that if
> the employee has no tax withheld and doesn't file a return, his employer is
> liable for the tax he SHOULD have collected at the maximum rate.  I doubt if
> that rule has changed.
> 
> Under those circumstances, few employers would allow employees of
> questionable tax-trustworthiness to underwithhold.

Most employers who hire illegal aliens know quite well that they are hiring
illegal aliens, and rely on the incompetence of the INS and SSA, to assure
that they cannot get in trouble with the INS.

Hopefully this will change. 

And in any case, for the illegal aliens, they may very well have 7 or more
dependents... in Mexico. 

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