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In U.S. Illegally, But Still Paying Taxes, Controversy Swirls Over IRS' Acceptance Of Illegal Immigrants' Tax Returns
Summary from United States, from articles in English
[UPDATED] (see summary with new information since yesterday)
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With the tax deadline approaching, illegal immigrants are sending in federal returns in what appear to be record numbers despite fears heightened by recent immigration raids around the country. (article 11)
The alternative tax is supposed to apply to multimillionaires whose high-end tax shelters would otherwise reduce their tax bills to a pittance. (article 4)
In the last decade, lawmakers have willfully undermined the tax's intent, mainly with overly generous tax breaks for investment income that enable many of the richest Americans to escape the alternative tax. (article 4)
Its Venezuelan equivalent, the Seniat tax authority, is a muscular and outspoken detachment of President Hugo Chavez's " Bolivarian Revolution . (article 12)
When the Shell oil corporation agreed last month to pay some $13 million for income tax irregularities, Seniat hailed the event as a landmark triumph for its " revolutionary process to rescue full tax and oil sovereignty. (article 12)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As millions of Americans rush to file their annual income tax returns before the April 17 deadline, Democrats on Saturday promised to push to keep middle-class families from paying a tax originally intended for the very wealthy. (article 7)
The IRS estimates that over 20 percent of taxpayers file their return during the final two weeks of the tax season. (article 2)
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tax, IRS, income, taxes, taxpayers |
Source articles
- Earlier you file taxes, the more likely you may amend return (baltimoresun.com, 04/15/2007, 569 words)
- Last-minute tax tips (money.cnn.com, 04/13/2007, 1106 words)
- Fewer keeping the nation afloat (L.A. Times, 04/15/2007, 720 words)
- Cleaning Up the Alternative Tax (nytimes.com, 04/16/2007, 498 words)
- ABC News: Check Small Biz Tax Bills Now (ABCNews, 04/16/2007, 417 words)
- After 94 years, filing taxes still a process of trivial tyranny (baltimoresun.com, 04/15/2007, 787 words)
- Democrat says middle class tax relief a priority (Washington Post, 04/14/2007, 424 words)
- Unpaid Taxes Tough to Recover (Washington Post, 04/15/2007, 610 words)
- Many who broke immigration law file taxes (dallasnews.com, 04/13/2007, 843 words)
- In U.S. Illegally, But Still Paying Taxes, Controversy Swirls Over IRS' Acceptance Of Illegal Immigrants' Tax Returns (CBS News, 04/13/2007, 495 words)
- Tax Returns Rise for Immigrants in U.S. Illegally (nytimes.com, 04/16/2007, 1512 words)
- Chavez's Tax Man Is More Terrifying Than His Rhetoric (time.com, 04/15/2007, 615 words)
- Bush Family Tax Bill: $186,378, First Family Tax Return Also Shows Couple Donated $78K To Churches And Charities (CBS News, 04/13/2007, 180 words)
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