A Reminder that Immigrants (Including Undocumented Immigrants) Pay Taxes Too: I’ve Got ITINs on My Mind by Francine Lipman
At TheSurly Subgroup, a tax blog, Francine J. Lipman reminds us that individual taxpayer identification number (ITIN) holders pay over $45 billion annually in federal, state, and local taxes. She writes that, among the many amazing opportunities she has had as a law professor is continuing her work with immigrants on their tax issues:
“As I have written about at length unauthorized immigrants pay many tens of billions of dollars a year in taxes including federal (about 4.4 million ITIN tax returns were filed in 2015 paying over $23 billion including $18.1 in federal income taxes and $5.5 in self-employment taxes), state, and local income, property, sales, excise, etc. ($12 billion annually), and payroll taxes (about $12 billion a year in net Social Security and Medicare taxes for which they currently receive no current or future benefit).”
KJ