IRS pact with ICE to share immigrants' info could cut billions in tax revenue
- Undocumented immigrants contributed $96.7 billion in taxes in 2022, with a 10% drop in tax filings potentially leading to a $9.5 billion revenue loss, according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.
- The IRS and ICE signed an agreement to share tax information of undocumented immigrants, breaking the precedent of protecting them from deportation based on tax filings.
- Experts expressed concerns that the new agreement could lead to reduced tax compliance, impacting revenues for Social Security and Medicare.
- Ivan, a Colombian immigrant, expressed fear that filing taxes may lead to deportation, stating, 'It feels like being stabbed in the back.
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Tax Day San Francisco rally over immigration concerns
Activists and pro-immigrant organizations gathered Tuesday in San Francisco to protest what they believes is a new threat from the Trump administration against undocumented people. In the past few weeks, the Internal Revenue Service has agreed to begin giving information about undocumented taxpayers to immigrations officials for the first time ever. Andres Brender has more in his video report above. …
Another IRS Commissioner Steps Down After Being Forced To Share Immigrant Tax Records With The DHS
Away goes more talent. And away goes another obstacle standing in the way of Kristi Noem's DHS and Donald Trump's plans to rid this country of as many immigrants as inhumanely possible. One acting commissioner -- one with 38 years experience -- has already resigned because of the DHS's desire to use tax records as…
NBC News: IRS Agreement with ICE to Share Immigrants’ Info Could Lead to Billions Less in Tax Revenue
Like millions of American citizens and immigrants, Ivan filed his taxes last year. But Ivan, 54, a Massachusetts resident who hails from Colombia, is worried a recent agreement between the IRS and Immigration and Customs Enforcement means he is in danger of being deported for doing what he believed was the right thing.
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