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Why can't we have income tax equality?
45% of Americans pay no federal income tax
Posted from marketwatch.com
Taxes
Tax Preparer
Politics
Posted >1 y ago
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From what I paid this year...I was pissed off!!! There are classes that people go to (illegal of course) that tell you how to get high and multiple refunds and not get caught using multiple social security numbers and names. There is one person I overheard at the my previous job that was their EBT card talking to someone else about how much they got back that year and I almost threw up. I just dropped my stuff and walked away because I couldn't stomach it. It is nothing but plain fraud and the government isn't doing anything about it except going after honest middle class hard working people...I.e., every military member past and present. There has got to be a better way.
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PO3 Donald Murphy
Theres a ton of legal ways. Get a CPA. I started doing it years ago and was glad I did. Did you know that there is an exemption for riding your bike to work? Get away from H&R Block. I was paying them $200 a year to tell me I owed $2000. Now, I pay my accountant $600 and get 3-4K back. He picks up stuff your H&R Block's and your TurboTaxes can't get. Anyone can buy a tax code. But you can't use it unless you're certified. Kind of like you can buy a Phyicians Desk Reference but can't go around treating people.
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SCPO Jason McLaughlin
Even military people work angles. As a command Vita, the worst I saw had to do with the Earned Income Tax Credit. People who deployed to a combat zone and had 6-7 months in a tax-free zone would qualify for the EITC. They had the option of not taking it as it is a voluntary credit, but everyone I assisted (O's and E's alike) opted for the credit even though their true income was well over the threshold.
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Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth
Unfortunately, this year I went to an accountant. They had me paying almost $1500 more to the IRS than me doing it myself on Turbo Tax. I paid them their fee and walked out and filed my own as I have many years before. By the way...I am married to a former tax accountant...kind of like being married to an electrician...when the power goes off at home you can't get it fixed...same principle!!! But when she saw that it was going to cost me more, she did them herself as usual.
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SSG Ed Mikus When the IRS lacks funds to hire investigators, whose fault is that? If IRS can't go after people who cheat and steal on their income taxes, whose fault is that? Do not vote to re-elect your local congress person. They are not doing their duty!
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I will place the blame squarely on our political class who are playing number games with politics, the current Tax system is designed for the rich to get away with a lot of things and the poor found loopholes and are milking it. It is us the working class that is shouldering the burden. I believe in capitalism and some social welfare programs. We out to treat social welfare as a bank. If you have not contributed taxes in 3 years you should be able to get government help. every citizen should contribute his or her fair share....... And finally there should be a limit be a limitation how long one can stay on the welfare programme, there are folks who are perpetually on the program.
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