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TheFarseer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 01:07 PM Original message |
do workers with H1-B visas pay taxes? |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
1. Of course, they do. |
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TheFarseer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 01:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. I do taxes seasonally and I have never seen that |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 01:29 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. google clearly says that Dobbs is once again full of shit |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 01:38 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. I want to see Lou's tax return. Oh -- he's also a big liar. |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
2. Everyone pays taxes. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
3. I thought they did, but have no specific knowledge one way or the other. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
4. It would seem to depend on various treaties |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
6. *SOME* don't, but it has nothing directly to do with an H1-B visa. |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 01:40 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Feature of the visa or not, it still means that we aren't getting taxes from some of these workers |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 01:59 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. The idea is that nobody would be in the job |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 02:28 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. The "idea" has become subterfuge ... a cover for trafficking in human labor. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 04:00 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. enforcement of these laws is very difficult |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 01:00 AM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Bullshit. |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 02:41 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. The corporations claim that no one would be doing the jobs |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 04:02 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. However, these people got other jobs |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 12:44 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. One went from making $80k as an IT engineer to $12 an hour at Circuit City. |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 12:54 AM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Furthermore, if there really is a shortage of qualified workers |
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Christa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 01:49 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Not always true |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 02:16 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Just WHAT in my post are you contradicting? |
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Christa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 02:41 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Technically true |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 02:56 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. It is not true that every "non-immigrant' pays taxes anymore than it's true that every citizen pays. |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 03:38 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. people trip over their own feet trying to find something |
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MrsBrady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
9. no, as long as you work in the US, you pay US income taxes. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
12. They have to - they are working in the U.S. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 02:03 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. American workers abroad are exempt up to a certain amount |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 02:18 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. They are exempt from US taxes. |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 02:57 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. I believe that a U.S. worker is exempt |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 04:04 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. They get a deduction |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 12:53 AM Response to Reply #21 |
27. Not true... if you are a permanent resident |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 01:33 AM Response to Original message |
30. Payroll taxes are taken out of everyone's paycheck. nt |
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