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I.R.S. Prepares to Help Find Immigrants Targeted for Deportation (www.nytimes.com)

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The Internal Revenue Service is preparing to help homeland security officials locate immigrants they are trying to deport, according to three officials familiar with the matter, in a shift toward using protected taxpayer information to help President Trump’s mass deportation push.

Under a draft of an agreement between the I.R.S. and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the tax agency would verify whether immigration officials had the right home address for people who have been ordered to leave the United States, according to a copy of the document viewed by The New York Times.

Many undocumented immigrants file tax returns with the I.R.S., giving the agency information about where they live, their families, their employers and their earnings. The I.R.S. has long encouraged undocumented immigrants to pay their taxes, giving people without Social Security numbers a separate nine-digit code called an individual taxpayer identification number to file their returns.

Tax information is closely guarded because federal law bars improper disclosure. I.R.S. officials had resisted earlier requests from the Department of Homeland Security to turn over information about unauthorized immigrants, warning that doing so could violate federal law.

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[-] foggy@lemmy.world 38 points 1 year ago

You want people to dodge taxes? This is how you get people to dodge taxes.

[-] riskable@programming.dev 27 points 1 year ago

Hah! I came here to make this exact comment.

I went and looked it up:

Nationally, undocumented immigrants pay $96.7 billion in federal, state, and local taxes in 2022.

From: https://www.floridapolicy.org/posts/undocumented-immigrants-pay-1-8-billion-in-florida-taxes-a-year-national-study-finds#%3A%7E%3Atext=Nationally%2C+undocumented+immigrants+pay+%2496.7%2Cbillion+in+additional+tax+revenue. (First search result)

[-] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Will be interesting to see the decline in that number over the next 4 years or longer from the permanent damage it causes.

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

It’s not like they’re not still taking taxes out of their paychecks.

[-] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

They'll just find cash jobs instead of the risk of being deported for paying taxes.

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

If there’s cash jobs available, sure.

Cash jobs that aren’t totally exploiting their status.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

And now that the rule of law is over ...

[-] TheFogan@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

So... the goal is to get rid of the illegal immigrants afraid to pay taxes... great plan.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

No, these immigrants were paying taxes.

[-] TheFogan@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

er yeah lol was toggling between get rid of the immigrants that pay taxes, or to make immigrants afraid to pay taxes... and somehow got half of each stuck together.

[-] zenpocalypse@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, they'll just be afraid to attempt a return, so the government will keep it all, while spreading the lie that undocumented immigrants don't pay taxes.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

More likely that they would owe, and were filing in order to not draw undue attention. Now they're disincentivized from taking on work that will result in employment and income taxes, hurting IRS income further.

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