Gov. Pedro Pierluisi: ‘Puerto Rico will be the first truly Hispanic state’

[GMDino]

(03-06-2021, 03:39 PM)hollodero Wrote: 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.

So the residents are like US corporations.  They pay taxes but there is a loophole to some taxes.

All the more reason to bring them into the fold.