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"Although her employers paid her in cash, Emma, like many of her friends, paid taxes, so that she would be in better standing if immigration laws were ever rela
by kspaans 11y ago
"Although her employers paid her in cash, Emma, like many of her friends, paid taxes, so that she would be in better standing if immigration laws were ever relaxed."
How does this work? Do they apply for SSNs and then file? How does this process not cause undocumented workers (possibly overstaying visitor visas) to be deported immediately?
- noir_lord 11y agoMy understanding is (I'm not from the US) that the IRS doesn't really care where money comes from as long as you pay what you owe which is why the tax return forms have boxes for illegal earnings. They aren't (again iirc) classed as law enforcement so they largely don't care. Also and this speculation who better than the IRS to know how much of the US economy depends on undocumented workers doing the jobs that native workers don't want to do.