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The problem with people deciding to pay only what they think is fair is a) it’s against halacha. dinah dmalchusah dinah The only way a tax would be fair to evade would be if it was exclusively applied to Jews or levied by officials for their own benefit (corruption). b) If we would have that system of people only paying what is fair, there would be plenty of freeloaders benefiting from basic stuff like the army and police who say they don’t need them, but in actual fact would suffer a lot from their absence. Same with other spending programs. Basically a 65 year old who’s never paid into Medicare because they don’t think they need it or want to spend their money on other things- and yes there would be many people like this – would be left to die in the streets under the system where everyone pays what they want.
Re the person arguing about whether there’s a benefit to being American, you’ve got to be crazy if you think there is no benefit to being American.
Whether you need to pay taxes in North Korea or Somalia has no relevance to whether you should pay them in the US – there probably is no benefit to living in North Korea or Somalia, but, if you should have the misfortune to be stuck there, maybe you just pay taxes because otherwise you’re dead.Social security according to Warren Buffet is not a Ponzi scheme. Neither is it like a savings system to pay out later. It was sold as such, but it’s really a giant program where workers pay in and the elderly get that money. It used to be that old people were often penniless and sometimes left in the streets if none of their family could support them. Now they are usually well off. Not a bad result.
People do get more money from Social Security if they pay in more, but that is just to reinforce some fairness and to reward those who paid in more, up to a point.
What to do if too late?
Pay the punitive tax for one year and count it as your contribution to lessons learned and 2 countries who benefit you. People are desperate to live in the US so hopefully everyone will admit there is a benefit to being American.There are many things in life that are too late to take care of and some extra taxes for one year are not the worst possible thing that is too late.
If you’re running a business or earning more than a couple dollars, you should always figure out tax implications in advance. They should teach this in schools. If you didn’t, well, now you know for next year.
Here’s my solution to the OP:
1) Form a general corporation all your clients should use to route their self employment earnings through. They will then not be double taxed, but not need to set up their own corporation. You can call it Berkshire Hasaway. Because, when there’s a will there’s a way. Also because, there is plenty of precedent for one corporation to do many different things. Advertise a lot so people know to do this in advance.
2) Sad to say, but American citizens should not invest in funds that are punitively taxed. Instead, if they want to contribute positively to Israel, they should give to charities that do result in a tax credit.
That should fix both your problems. LEGALLY.
Re what the government wants:
If a cleaner is an independent contractor you aren’t obligated to find out their citizenship. The definition of independent contractor is not given, but some of it is that they control their hours and get paid by the job instead of by the hour. So if someone hires a cleaner for specific jobs it’s legal regardless.
NYC government WANTS these immigrants to find gainful employment, you just have to listen to them, they don’t want these illegals just loitering around with no food or money.
Jaywalking was illegal until recently. It still is in cities other than NY. Would anyone argue that someone jaywalking is like a drug addict or violating the Torah? If so, shkoach, you’re not contradicting yourself. Otherwise you are.
it’s not illegal to ask if they are legally allowed to work in the US.
I’ll bet the person asking why you can’t just hire legal doesn’t regularly hire cleaners. Or they would know how much harder it is.
People pay above minimum wage. Hiring illegal immigrants doesn’t mean you pay below minimum wage, that is not the point. The point is to find someone willing to come regularly for a price (above minimum wage) that won’t bankrupt you.
Lots of people need cleaning help, I’ll bet the ones saying those who do are lazy aren’t actually working mothers with a bunch of kids. Probably more likely to be bored guys trolling who don’t know what it is to be a working mother with kids.
My husband’s friend is an accountant in Lakewood and they have parnasah problems with the usual maybe 5 or 6 kids. My friend is an accountant but got promoted to something else and she seems to be doing very well, but not superrich, with her husband working as a therapist.