Are Taxes in the US voluntary?
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they are voluntary and you are free to execerise your right not volunteer your payment and then your fines will be inreased at some crazy interest rate and your paycheck will be involuntarily garnished and your property involuntarily taken away from you
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i answered a similar Q to this before\nfor me, i dont mind paying taxes\nit is sometimes annoying \nbut i believe without taxes, there will no free parks, free public events, public buildings, free health care and social care for the less fortunate, and unemployment will rise too\nso i dont mind paying taxes =)
92176
NOTHING U DUMBOS.. ITS TOTALLY VOLUNTARY
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Are you state/local tax exempt or are you federal tax exempt?  If you're only federal exempt then you might have to pay the sales tax.  Sales tax is typically a state level or local thing.
682696
Yes, go to a government website and they'll give you taxes- FOR FREE!!!!!
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No.  Some people make estimated tax payments if they have income that there hasnt been withholding on.  Such as self-employed people.  Estimated tax payments are made to cover that so they dont have to pay a large amount in taxes and penalties at the end of the year, because of underwithholding.
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It's only considered federally for capital gains tax, not income tax.  If your state, doesn't have a capital gains tax, and I don't know of any that do, then you wouldn't pay any state tax on the sale.
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Not necessarily.  I know a really good tax guy in San Diego.  His website appears below.  If he can't help you, he can get me involved.
840610
You seem to have answered your own question. There is no way to be legal easily. Avoiding taxes is a game for the rich. Complaining about unnecessarily complex rules and regulations, a game business owners and immigrants can share. If everyone followed the rules for Cubans, there would be no one here illegally.
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No you do not have to pay any tax to the IRS for that.  It is like you using a coupon to buy groceries, you don't pay the IRS the tax on the money you saved.
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What?!? And all these years I've been paying. . .\nNo, we are absolutely required to pay income taxes! We actually OVER-pay each year, and then in the Spring we get a partial refund. That's always nice, to help cover any credit card purchases we may have made at Christmas, or to do a home improvement project. But many Americans end up having to pay in even more, because not enough has been deducted from their wages throughout the previous year. OUCH!
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Well, according to the paranoid before me, taxation is a big conspiracy.  But, this doesn't really answer the question.\n\nThe idea is that for US citizens, all income earned anywhere in the world is subject to taxation by the US at varying rates.  Wages and interest are taxed at higher rates than money made from investing (capital gains and dividends).\n\nYou then take your total income, and based on your family situation you get a choice between a "standard deduction" and "itemized deductions" (costs that politicians decided you should be able to reduce your income by: home ownership, paying state taxes, medical costs, charitable contributions), whichever is higher.  Then, for each "dependent", you get an exemption of $3200 for 2005.\n\nThen, based on your income you pay a certain amount of tax (the rate is higher the more money you make).  Then, there are credits for paying for certain desirable activities (college/university tuition, retirement contributions).
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Florida - it does have a nontangibles tax though
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Only to the extent a native born US citizen would have to do so.  \n\nThe Federal government does not levy taxes on assets.  States may levy taxes on assets, but those assets must be in the state.\n\nBoth the Federal government and state governments levy taxes on income.  The federal government levy taxes on income of US citizens regardless of where the income was earned.  However, the US also has treaties with many countries to avoid having the same income taxed both by the country in which it was earned and the US.  While each treaty has its own provisions, in general a US citizen or permanent resident who earns income overseas is given a credit against US taxes on that income equal to the amount of tax paid to the country in which the income is earned.  \n\nUS states may only tax income earned within the state.
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No.  But you may think about registering as a church to avoid the taxes.
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If in the U.S.--- Pay Taxes!\n\n-EA
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It depends on were you live. Taxes are different in different states.