Saturday, December 9, 2017

JAN TING - TAX CUTS BILL GIVES (MORE) WELFARE TO ILLEGALS!

Tax Cuts Bill Gives Welfare to Illegal Aliens

By Jan Ting

CIS Immigration Blog, December 4, 2017

While the IRS has the authority, if not the mandate, to deny these credits to illegal aliens, Congress should resolve any ambiguity. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act initially did just that. When House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady introduced the bill, Section 1103, "Refundable Credit Program Integrity", provided that the refundable credits were not available unless the "taxpayer includes the taxpayer's Social Security number on the return of tax for such taxable year." This would ensure that illegal aliens could not receive the credit.

However, when the bill was marked up in committee, this language was replaced with "No credit shall be allowed under this section to a taxpayer with respect to any qualifying child unless the taxpayer includes the name and Social Security number of such qualifying child on the return of tax for the taxable year."

Because of birthright citizenship, any children born to illegal aliens become automatic U.S. citizens. Thus, illegal aliens can still receive billions of dollars in tax credits for their U.S.-born children.

This being said, the new text is not without merit. Many immigrants, legal and illegal, incorrectly claim the credit for their noncitizen children who reside in their home countries. Additionally, it still prevents illegal aliens from claiming credits for children who are also unauthorized. Still, this does not justify removing an important reform.


https://cis.org/Ting/Tax-Cuts-Bill-Gives-Welfare-Illegal-Aliens


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