I'm talking about fines for not purchasing health insurance.
According to the article, the IRS cannot file a civil or criminal lawsuit against ANYONE who fails to pay the O-Care fine.
No lawsuit means no jail time, no garnishment, no seizures, no liens.
They have only one way to collect the fine if it is not paid - if someone gets a tax refund.
Millions of people get refunds that are not related to EITC.
Income tax-paying workers can control their exemptions and thereby affect their withholding, making certain not to have a tax refund due that could be confiscated.
Part time, low income workers who do not pay income taxes, instead get their withholding returned and a check for an amount for each dependent.
The taxpaying workers do not wish to have a refund that is actually an interest-free loan to the government.
Non-taxpaying workers see the entitlement known as an EITC for what it is and want it to be as large as possible.
The EITC recipient can be coerced by a threat against their *refund* and will comply in order to not endanger that *refund*.
The taxpayer will manage their withholding to avoid having a refund and therefore, will not be coerced.
Seemed clear to me. Sorry if it wasn’t.