You are right. Anybody who is working legally is paying Social Security and Medicare taxes, as is their employer. Whoever wrote the article is either clue-free, or is admitting that nobody in the poorest 30 million households works, or rather works legally.
And even the self employed poor should be paying FICA and Medicare at like 15%, although some probably don't.
I think it is wise to have a yearly income limit below which no taxes are due. Otherwise you end up with kids having to file a tax return because they made $200 shoveling snow for the neighbors.
I think it is wise to have a yearly income limit below which no taxes are due. Otherwise you end up with kids having to file a tax return because they made $200 shoveling snow for the neighbors.
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Age limit. Under 18 no taxes.
Otherwise, they’ll raise the upper limit for not paying taxes, which amounts to letting a large swath of society skate free.