Posted on 09/07/2003 3:19:04 AM PDT by sarcasm
Edited on 07/12/2004 4:07:45 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
The Internal Revenue Service this month will begin revising how it distributes Individual Taxpayer Identification Number cards (ITIN) to keep illegal immigrants from using them for fraudulent purposes.
More than 6 million ITIN cards have been issued since 1996, but only 2 million tax forms have been filed using the ITINs. The status of the other 4 million ITINs is not known, but immigration-reform advocates say illegal immigrants are using the numbers to skirt U.S. immigration, tax and fraud laws.
(Excerpt) Read more at washtimes.com ...
The original purpose of the ITIN was to allow foreign nationals who have business interests in the United States, but who do not reside here, to pay taxes on their income. Maybe so, but currently the federal government, in dire need of additional revenue for the incumbent politicos to pass around (aka, vote buying) require that employers of non-citizens submit payroll withholdings using ITINs.
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