do I legally have to pay income taxes?
413621
Yes, if you don't pay, you may be subject to criminal prosecution.
396446
Yes.  So long as you had taxable income you still need to file.
96578
You will always have to file income taxes even if you do not owe our government money.  Sorry!
655913
Not unless you earn money in the United States. And then you would only have to pay taxes on what you earn in the United States while you live and work in a foreign country.
885223
No. You have to pay income tax @30%+SC@10%+EC@2%.
783808
Nothing. As long as you keep your funds in a bank, they can take their amount. If you chose to not have a bank account for a time, they will probably set out for attaching your wages so you're not really going to be able to avoid paying as long as your Tax ID is on the money.Or you could hire an attorney and he could more specifically guide you in this matter. If it's child support, taxes, or default on student loan though I can't imagine what he could do for you.
150447
They are not required to pay, but they must file. From what I have seen, somehow they usually end up getting money back.
51339
No, it shouldn't be. It is a loan that you have to pay back (with interest). Income is taxable.
622626
You need to see an immigration lawyer. They can accurately determine the best course of action. To all you out there who do not believe and illegal alien can pay taxes, I'm here to tell you they can. Some of them have what's called a Individual Taxpayer Identification Number. Same format as a SS# but for taxes only.
44076
yes you have to have tax in order to get the tax break.\n\n-Jim
124316
Workers Compensation payments are NOT taxable, therefore you do not have to pay taxes on any income received as a Workers Compensation payment.
107640
Yes you can.  www.irs.gov has a program that allows people who have income under 50K to file for free.
608428
Check at the library--they frequently hae access to that type of information. Also you probably don't have to file. You only have to file if your income is at a certain level. You may want to file though because you may be due a refund.
826151
you don't have to charge taxes for online purchases, however you might want to register yourself as a business in your city/state/county.  it's not too expensive, but it gives you a tax id number for filing purposes.  but if all you're going to do is online--exclusively--i wouldn't be in a big rush to register, honestly.  but remember, that if you don't, you also can't get reimbursed for any expenses that you have, and if it's the only job you're going to have, you might want to be able to prove that at some point.
192430
Yes they do, but you can deduct foriegn tax off of the net owed up to $300.  So if you would normally owe $250 and paid $300 in foriegn tax, then you wouldn't owe the IRS anything.  If they see large amount of money floating around in your accounts without the proper paperwork, they get suspicious.
485654
Um... no, that's not true at all.  Legally, they can seize your property and even put you in jail if you don't pay your income tax.
355719
You have to pay taxes only if you make $1000.00 or more.