U.S. individual income tax payers are U.S. citizens, resident aliens, and nonresident aliens.

U.S. citizens refer to people born in the U.S. and people who have become U.S. citizens.

A resident alien is a person who is not a U.S. citizen but has been legally recognized as having permanent residency under U.S. immigration law. Other foreigners are non-resident aliens.

U.S. citizens and resident aliens are taxed on their worldwide income, while nonresident aliens are subject to federal individual income tax only on their U.S.-sourced investment income and certain income actually related to their business operations in the United States.

Because Lei Weidong is a non-resident alien, he only needs to pay tax on investment income in the United States and certain income actually related to the operation of a business in the United States.

Because the taxable period of U.S. personal income tax is one year, it can be less than 12 months in special circumstances. If the annual tax year ends on December 31 of each calendar year, it shall be a tax year calculated on a calendar year; A tax year that ends on any other date in each calendar year is a fiscal year.

Taxpayers of individual income tax shall declare and pay taxes before April 15 of the following year of the tax year if the taxpayer is a taxpayer who pays the tax year according to the calendar year; If the tax year is the tax year, the tax shall be declared before the 15th day of the fourth month of the year following the end of the tax year; Taxpayers who receive wages are subject to a system of withholding and payment by the employer.

Lei Weidong has not filed a tax return in the United States since last year, and if he has not filed a tax declaration on April 15, it is estimated that the US tax bureau will come to the door.

As for tax evasion, don't even think about it, in the United States, tax evasion is something that even the boss of the underworld dare not do, and it is all because of a government agency that makes the rich in the United States talk about it: the IRS (Internal Revenue Service).

Why does this tax-only department scare Americans?

Because the tax collection in the United States is different from ours in China, in China, ordinary people are almost cut off from the tax department, there is no opportunity to deal with it, personal income tax is almost withheld, and the tax department is actually invisible.

By the way: the author's manuscript tax starts at 800, and the levy of 20% is indeed a bit higher.

But in the United States, the tax department is like a shadow, sticking to your body like snot, and it is no exaggeration to say that drug trafficking in the United States also has to pay taxes!

The reason why there are few tax evaders in the United States is because the laws in the United States are too strict, the cost of crime borne by tax evaders in the United States is too high, and it is not so easy for the United States to evade taxes.

In the U.S., citizens begin to fill out annual tax returns when they reach legal age and have a source of income, and each person has a unique tax return number that connects directly to the IRS filing system.

At the same time, U.S. law also stipulates that transactions between companies and between companies and individuals are only allowed to be carried out by check and bank transfer (leaving records), and cash transactions are never allowed, including CEOs who want to put personal expenses into the company's expenses, which is also impossible, because you want to invite customers to dinner, and the federal tax officer will ask you to make a list of the guests and what they are discussing.

Not only that, the richer people in the United States, the higher the degree of attention from tax officers, such as those with an annual income of less than 20,000 US dollars, the probability of being found by tax officers is 1 in 2,000, and those with an annual income of more than 10 US dollars are targeted The probability of being targeted is 1 in 10.

If a person has a history of tax evasion, regardless of the amount, the tax officer will come to the door every year to "pick the bones in the eggs".

Not only that, but the penalties for tax evaders are also severe. According to reports, the female boss of the Empire State Building in her 70s in New York was investigated by the tax department because she said a few wrong words on tax issues, and was finally found to have evaded hundreds of dollars in taxes, but she was still sentenced to seven years in prison.

In our country, you only need to make up for this tax, and you don't need to go to jail at all.

The reason why the punishment is so severe is that in the United States, the IRS, which is responsible for collecting taxes, really can't afford to offend.

The IRS is not only looking for celebrities, but also dignitaries, gang bosses, and ordinary people...... Whoever doesn't pay taxes is unlucky.

Now let's talk about the IRS.

Internal Revenue Service, part of the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

It was in 1862 that U.S. President Abraham Lincoln founded the institution to pay for the Civil War.

Strictly speaking, this is just a tax service agency, to paraphrase the common thinking mode of Chinese people, let's call it the US Internal Revenue Service.

This is a professional tax collection agency responsible for cracking down on tax evasion, tax evasion, and false tax payment.

There is only one word in their eyes - "tax"!

There's a bunch of tax collectors with guns on duty.

If you dare to resist taxes, they will dare to "kill you".

You must know that in 1862, those farmers and capitalists in the United States who evaded taxes had their own armed escorts, and the IRS could collect taxes from them.

After more than 100 years of development, the IRS, also known as the Internal Revenue Service, can be said to be the largest bureaucracy in the United States.

This agency employs 115,000 people, holds Americans' Social Security numbers and bank accounts, and has 40,000 inspectors, who are pervasive and even more powerful than the Department of Defense and the CIA.

The IRS's guidelines for filing taxes include instructions on how to report illegal income. That's right, even if you have illegal income, you have to file a tax return, and the IRS gave an example based on the actual situation in the United States: how to pay taxes on drug trafficking.

That is to say, it doesn't matter what you do, Lao Tzu has a lot of money.

So, will criminals really declare? Normally, of course, not, but, but if they learn that they are going to be caught, the first thing that comes to mind is to pay taxes on drug trafficking. If you don't pay taxes, you will not only be convicted of criminal treachery, but you will also be charged with tax evasion.

If you are evaded taxes, then I'm sorry, and if you come out of prison again, you may really have nothing.

In fact, if it's just ordinary illegal income, and you file a claim, the IRS will just take the money and then shut it up, and won't report you.

Because the United States has a separation of powers, people only collect taxes, and they will not voluntarily provide your crimes to the police unless the police ask.

This example is also reflected in the American hit drama "Breaking Bad".

At that time, there was such a plot in the play, the protagonist turned over the money under the floor, and found that there was a shortage of $600,000, and the protagonist learned that his wife took it, and he was relieved and laughed.

Why? Because his wife took the money to the IRS, why should he give it to the IRS? Because if you don't give it, you will be audited by the IRS, and once you check the accounts, then your eight generations of ancestors will be found out, and of course the drug trafficking will be a gang.

Therefore, even if it is money laundering, you must pay the tax money in full, and you can owe money to anyone, but you can't owe money to the IRS.

There is also an animated movie called "Zootopia", how did Judy the rabbit ask Nick the fox to help her solve the case? It's to catch Nick selling popsicles and not paying taxes.

It can be seen that Americans are very afraid of this IRS.

In addition to the extremes of drug trafficking, such as working in the United States, there are also taxes to be paid.

For example, some people go to the United States and get a tourist visa, but they can't work, but what if they work in the dark?

It's illegal income. It's best to file a tax return for this matter as well. In the United States, drug trafficking is a non-violent crime, and it is not too serious a crime, and illegal work is also a trivial matter, but tax evasion is a felony.

Similarly, there is no need to worry that you will be stabbed by the IRS for your illegal work.

In the history of the United States, there are many things that even the FBI could not do, and the IRS can do it.

The most famous "man-in-charge" incident of the IRS is the famous American gangster godfather Al Capone.

He was the big brother of the Chicago gang in the thirties of the 20 th century, known as the best big brother in American history, and his illegal income reached hundreds of millions of dollars a year, which was super much in the 20 th century.

You must know that the richest man in the world at that time had assets of hundreds of millions of dollars.

As for Hong Kong's 500 million detectives, Bahao and others are far inferior.

How murderous is this "godfather"?

In the 20s and 30s of the 20th century, Al Capone owned an illegal brewery.

In order to increase income, individuals and institutions who are unwilling to buy their beer are all blown up! It is said that in the 1920s alone, at least 100 people were killed by them.

Others are all pistols, they are submachine guns + hands, grenades.

At the same time, Al Capone bribed high-ranking officials and magnates, but nominally had no property, and the police had no evidence to arrest him.

For a time, Al Capone was in Chicago.

At that time, the underground casinos, brothels, and so on were all his

The other gangsters in Chicago were all holding their tails between their legs, and they didn't dare to fight him.

It was in this situation that the IRS stepped up.