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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] ShortFuse@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You file your taxes under a special SSN that begins with a 9 that is given to you by the IRS specifically for filing.

https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/taxpayer-identification-numbers-tin#itin

[–] Sanyanov@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And you're not immediately arrested for, like, illegally working or potentially illegally crossing the border to begin with?

Or is it like taxing criminal activity, simply a loophole to make charging them easier?

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

a) different departments, tax department doesn't deal with immigration law

b) government likes money more than it likes fairness, as should be obvious looking at... yknow... [gestures generally]

[–] Sanyanov@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I see, thanks!