03-06-2021, 03:39 PM
(03-06-2021, 03:09 PM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: Most Puerto Ricans don't pay federal tax.
The only people who do are people that don't live their year round, or people's whose income is from outside the territory (Someone from the US who works remotely for a company that is based in the States, or someone who is employeed by the US Government)
From wikipedia:
Contrary to popular belief,[5] all Puerto Rico residents pay federal taxes, just as mainland Americans do. Specifically, the following federal taxes are paid by all residents of Puerto Rico: Customs taxes,[6][7][c] Federal commodity taxes,[9] and all payroll taxes, including: (a) Social Security taxes,[10] (b) Medicare taxes,[11] and Unemployment taxes: "Residents of Puerto Rico...are obliged to pay exactly the same Social Security and Medicare taxes that fellow U.S. citizens in the 50 states and the District must pay. For most of [Puerto Rico]'s wage-earners, moreover, those outlays far exceed the federal income-tax liabilities they would bear if Puerto Rico were a state."[12]
Payment of Federal income taxes[edit]
Contrary to common misconception,[13] residents of Puerto Rico do pay federal income taxes.
[...It goes on to state that quite some Puerto Ricans don't pay income taxes due to living beyond the federal threshold]
--- So I guess you're incorrect on that.
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