Illegal aliens are stealing us blind, by abusing our tax laws. First of all, our idiot government allows illegal aliens to file tax returns and get tax credits, with an
ITIN, an individual taxpayer identification number.
This is how it works, you are a citizen of Mexico, you and your friends and relatives come to the US illegally, and then you all use the same address in the US to file income tax returns, where you all claim
tax credits for 5-15 dependent children, most of whom are your nieces and nephews who live in Mexico and have never been to the US. Then you collect thousands of dollars in free taxpayer money. a tax credit is a gift, its not a reduction in taxes you pay, it's a gift of taxpayer money that you receive, regardless of how much you owed in taxes. So if you owed $500 in computed taxes, and the tax credit is $4,500, you get $4000 in cash.... for freeeeee.
Tax loophole costs billions - 13 WTHR Indianapolis
Millions of illegal immigrants are getting a bigger tax refund than you. Eyewitness News shows a massive tax loophole that provides billions of dollars in tax credits to undocumented workers and, in many cases, people who have never stepped foot in the United States. And you are paying for it!
Note: This is part one in a two-part series. Read part two here.
The whistleblower has thousands of examples, and he brought some of them to 13 Investigates. While identifying information such as names and addresses on the tax returns was redacted, it was still clear that the tax filers had received large tax refunds after claiming additional child tax credits for many dependents.
"Here's a return right here: we've got a $10,3000 refund for nine nieces and nephews," he said, pointing to the words "niece" and "nephew" listed on the tax forms nine separate times.
"We're getting an $11,000 refund on this tax return. There's seven nieces and nephews," he said, pointing to another set of documents. "I can bring out stacks and stacks. It's just so easy it's ridiculous.