Many Illegals Filing US Income Tax
April 7, 2008
Even though their immigration status might be illegal, even illegal workers will pay income tax, without the small probability that a refund claim is obtained, and no hope of social security checks in the future.
The US government does collect tax on illegal immigrants, experts agree. How much do they pay the federal government will not be easy to determine because it is not tracked. However, recent data show that the billions of dollars in federal income, Social Security and Medicare taxes for the year, at certain amount was paid by people using fake data, suggesting illegal immigrants.
The IRS is a very important part of the federal government to collect the taxes sourced from the salary of legal workers, as well as undocumented workers. However, some illegal immigrants come and select to file an income tax, using ITIN numbers issued by the IRS, even though they might be owed a refund, that they are too afraid to apply for.
In total, the IRS believes that of the $9 billion US dollars collected since 2005, a percentage of this was paid by illegals working within the country.