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minus-squareStrongHorseWeakNeigh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up68arrow-down3·3 days agoUntil Puerto Rico is a state, I believe they shouldn’t have to pay taxes. No taxation without representation.
minus-squareaffiliate@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19·2 days agothis is also why the license plates in DC have the slogan “taxation without representation”
minus-squareWiz@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up38arrow-down1·3 days agoThey are exempt from federal income tax.
minus-squareDalvoron@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up28·edit-22 days agoWhile a good start, they do still pay other kinds of federal taxes (without representation), such as payroll taxes https://espaciosabiertos.org/facts-does-puerto-rico-really-not-pay-federal-taxes-a-common-misconception/ And paid $4 billion in federal taxes in 2021 https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/puerto-rico-us-territory-crisis#chapter-title-0-4
minus-squarewolfpack86@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoAre they getting anything for the taxes?
minus-squareWoahWoah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-22 days agoYeah, they got 25 billion for it.
Until Puerto Rico is a state, I believe they shouldn’t have to pay taxes. No taxation without representation.
this is also why the license plates in DC have the slogan “taxation without representation”
They are exempt from federal income tax.
While a good start, they do still pay other kinds of federal taxes (without representation), such as payroll taxes
https://espaciosabiertos.org/facts-does-puerto-rico-really-not-pay-federal-taxes-a-common-misconception/
And paid $4 billion in federal taxes in 2021 https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/puerto-rico-us-territory-crisis#chapter-title-0-4
Are they getting anything for the taxes?
Yeah, they got 25 billion for it.