XPost: or.politics, alt.politics.trump, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh   
   From: bax02_spamblock@baxcode.com   
      
   Darth Xmas  wrote in news:m0aekuF8kjnU1   
   @mid.individual.net:   
      
   > On Sun, 2 Feb 2025 11:36:49 -0800, Siri Cruise    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >>Wages paid are not expenses?   
   >   
   >   
   >  Not when you are paying a person under the table. The trade off for the   
   > business is no UI, FICA or Workers Compensation fees for that worker. The   
   > worker doesn't claim wages paid under the table on their income taxes.   
   > They only pay sales taxes in some states when they make a purchase at a   
   > merchant.   
   >   
   >  There is huge underground economy in Florida, Texas and California.   
   >   
   and the employer then has to pay income tax on those under-the-table wages   
   - because he can't claim them as an expense.   
      
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