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  • sampao@lemmy.ml
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    5 months ago

    Not an American but if the government shutsdown and they are cancelling programs, shouldn’t you not have to pay taxes for that time period?

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      5 months ago

      It would be like withholding rent from your landlord until they repaired your heating. You’d have to still place the money in escrow to prove to a judge you had the money intended to pay.

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      5 months ago

      Most working people have their estimated taxes deducted from their pay before they receive it. They don’t have an option to not pay.

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        5 months ago

        Well, that one congressional district that has their congress person being kept out should definitely not have to pay because that would be a taxation when they have no representation.

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          5 months ago

          Also, several congresspeople have said that they “don’t represent the Democrats” in their districts. I think that, too, should immediately exempt those residents from taxes.

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        5 months ago

        You can fill out a form and send it to your HR/payroll department to adjust your withholdings at anytime, and they are supposed to do so no questions asked.

        The employee not paying their income tax does not actually have an adverse impact on the employer, so they don’t care. Of course, the employee still has the legal obligation to pay; but breaking tax law is pretty inherent with tax protest.