Corona Virus, How Has It Affected Your Area So Far?

You that clueless? That money comes from taxes we pay.

it's going to get stolen regardless. i'd rather have it feed someone than pay for another $45,000 golf cart rental.

Some people think that if a person sneaks into your country and starts claiming benefits, that's stealing too.

But you don't pay all your taxes, so your POV is warped.

I think I have coronavirus but I doubt I can even get checked if I wanted to.

I think I have coronavirus but I doubt I can even get checked if I wanted to.

Since it is illegal to claim federal benefits, I guess it only applies to those who live in the same state. I live in Texas so I don't give a flying fart if California pays for all of their illegal immigrants or not, because it doesn't affect me at all.

I guess it depends on your perspective on "paying all your taxes" and what it means.

Does it mean paying the legally required amount after deductions, or does it mean paying the full amount and not taking any deductions at all? I own my own business, so I take all the deductions I am legally allowed to. I feel like I paid all of my taxes, but some people will claim that I need to pay more because I make well over a million a year but only pay 13.4% (all of my income is capital gains). I still pay all of my taxes I'm legally required to, so I don't feel like I owe more than I paid, nor do I feel like giving charity to the federal government.

You know, as rough as things are looking, at least America doesn't enforce public executions.....

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rodrigo-duterte-philippines-president-coronavirus-lockdown-shoot-people-dead/

The president of the Phillipeans on the other hand has authorized their law enforcement to use lethal force against their own citizens who don't adhere to the stay at home mandate.

When I said Eiryl wasn't paying it's because he pulls an entire salary from selling gil and doesn't declare that at all.

Is salary the right word for that?

It's neither a salary nor a wage really.

You know, as rough as things are looking, at least America doesn't enforce public executions.....

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rodrigo-duterte-philippines-president-coronavirus-lockdown-shoot-people-dead/

The president of the Phillipeans on the other hand has authorized their law enforcement to use lethal force against their own citizens who don't adhere to the stay at home mandate.

That's his choice, and anyone who has ever bought gil from him can report him to the IRS to earn 15~30% of his back taxes for reporting him.

No skin off my nose to be honest.

It's self-employment income, which is worse because it is subject to self-employment taxes.

It's your life dude, nobody is forcing you to report your income and the chances you get caught aren't that high. But, if you were to get caught, it would totally and completely *** your life over by the sounds of it.

Those numbers are not everything either, because many of the people making that amount of money are not visibly cheating on their taxes. Audits are triggered by records not matching up primarily, and most people aren't completely skipping income sources. Sure, the rate is higher for extremely high income numbers, because random audits also start to become prevalent in those brackets.

But, this is 'percent of taxpayers audited by income bracket', not 'percent of tax cheats who got audited', I would wager the second value is much, much higher. Most people who cheat on their taxes are taking extra deductions that are subjective and not worth chasing. If the IRS gets a 1099k that has no matching income reported it's going to almost certainly result in an audit.

I pay my taxes so I don't have to entertain that possibility, personal choice.

This is not true


https://news3lv.com/news/local/highway-patrol-assures-residents-that-nevada-california-border-remains-open

I know a lot of people working certain jobs that they obviously won't report. The IRS rarely goes for a little guy making 100k or less. Many of them have been doing it for 8+ years. It isn't as common as you're eluding to. Definitely always preferable to play safe though and report something.

I mean it's just human decency. I don't mind if a couple hundred thousand people end up stealing $1200 from our corrupt gov if it helps them in a time of need. Trump is going to steal every cent that isn't stolen first.

Or you could just call it a UBI and everyone is getting some loot for being imprisoned per month. So everyone qualifies.

Do you even understand the concept of taxes or do you pay someone to understand that for you ?