How would those taxes be collected?....The Senate immigration bill essentially hands responsibility for the issue to the Internal Revenue Service, but it doesn't provide the agency specific instructions on how to collect taxes from people who have been working with false Social Security numbers or in the black-market economy. Nor does it say that the IRS, already struggling with its increased mandate stemming from the 2010 Affordable Care Act, will get any more resources to deal with millions of new taxpayers.
Immigration and tax-policy experts say the agency is unlikely to make collection of taxes from illegal immigrants a high priority.
"If this does come to pass, it's unlikely the IRS will have a lot of resources to devote to this," said William McBride, chief economist at the Tax Foundation, a business-backed think tank focusing on tax policy. "It's unworkable. The IRS is likely not to have any real ability to do this."
A spokesman for the IRS declined to comment.
Then There's This:Two aides to lawmakers who wrote the Senate legislation, one working for a Democratic senator and the other a Republican, said collection of back taxes wasn't a top priority for authors of the bill. The more important goal was to move illegal workers out of the cash economy or stop them from using false documents, so that they pay their proper taxes in the future.Read the full story HERE.
So another words, It sounds good to say these people will pay back taxes. But in REALITY, there is no way in hell for them to do it nor do the Feds feel that it's a priority.
You can bet your life savings that if it were you who owed back taxes, the IRS would be all over you like a wet blanket. Also, when it comes time for these folks get public assistance, EVERYTHING will be ready and all the I's will be dotted and the T's crossed.
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