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That's just hilarious! Are you saying drug dealers actually report their income and pay taxes off it?

• shimon 10y ago
  Of course not. This is just a clarification about another point of law that a typical drug dealer violates, which gives law enforcement yet another angle. In some cases proving tax evasion is easier than proving other crimes. This is what got Al Capone -- because the crime was perpetrated through his organization and not by him directly, it would have been difficult to hold him directly responsible for the crimes. However, once his ledger was discovered it was straightforward to prove that he received significant income without making the required income tax payments.
• ktRolster 10y ago
  Once drug dealers get caught, they have to pay back taxes (I saw that in a movie)
• int_19h 10y ago
  It depends on your definition of "drug dealer". Companies that operate in the open under state laws that legalized weed normally do report their income and pay federal taxes on it, despite the activity being illegal on federal level.
• mikemackle 10y ago
  For some twilight-zone stuff, check out drug tax stamps (i.e. http://www.ksrevenue.org/perstaxtypesdrug.html http://www.ksrevenue.org/perstaxtypesdrug.html) You have to buy them and place them on your drugs so if you get raided, you can prove that you paid taxes on your supply. There are even folks who collect the stamps.