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To File or Not to File: Tax Compliance Among Undocumented Immigrant Workers

American University Washington College of Law, Business Law Brief, 3 Bus. L. Brief (Am. U.) 23 (2007)

5 Pages Posted: 8 Mar 2023

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Jacqueline Lainez Flanagan

University of the District of Columbia - David A. Clarke School of Law

Date Written: March 9, 2007

Abstract

Tax compliance among the general working public is a complex issue. Tax compliance among undocumented immigrant workers, in particular, is exceedingly complex. This article explores the tensions circling the immigration debate with respect to tax policy and examines whether undocumented immigrants are materially participating in the basic American obligation of “filing” taxes, which is not synonymous with “paying” taxes. The article discusses the disparate yet connected roles of the three major U.S. agencies simultaneously charged with tax compliance, immigration enforcement and social security benefit reconciliation.

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Lainez Flanagan, Jacqueline, To File or Not to File: Tax Compliance Among Undocumented Immigrant Workers (March 9, 2007). American University Washington College of Law, Business Law Brief, 3 Bus. L. Brief (Am. U.) 23 (2007), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2930015 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2930015

Jacqueline Lainez Flanagan (Contact Author)

University of the District of Columbia - David A. Clarke School of Law ( email )

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Washington, DC 20003
United States

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