Do Native American Indians have to pay FICA?
All US citizens, with rare exceptions for a very few religious sects, pay FICA taxes. Depending upon what country you are working in, a non-US employer may be required to pay US payroll taxes and withhold FICA, Medicare and Federal income taxes from your wages if a tax treaty requires them to be withheld. If your work for a US employer, they will have to withhold those taxes regardless of any existing treaty. There have been cases of US companies forming off-shore corporations and using those corporations to pay US citizens, especially for work in Iraq. They formed these shell corporations to attempt to illegally evade US payroll taxes. I would not be surprised to see the IRS going after these companies and forcing them to pay their payroll taxes. And if they are, I can only say that it's about time! Independent contractors pay FICA and Medicare taxes as Self-Employment taxes on Schedule SE that you file with your tax return. There is no way to avoid that. Even if no tax treaty applies where you wouldn't pay them if classified as an employee, as a self-employed individual you must pay the taxes. For Federal income tax, FICA and Medicare taxes, Native Americans are not members of a "sovereign nation."
There isn't a societal mechanism by which a bride price would be paid in the United States. Instead, the newlyweds’ families may give gifts of money and property to the couple upon wedding.In America, if parents asked for a bride price, it would reflect negatively upon that family, and a tremendous amount of approval/respect/social status would be lost. Assimilated Americans reject the idea that an extended family would financially benefit from the marriage of a child, as to do so is perceived as ungracious and unfortunate.Before the 20th century, U.S. states had property rules that would assign a woman’s property to her spouse at marriage, but only to him - not to his extended family. From the country’s founding, there was no formal mechanism in America for a bride price, as opposed to a dowery, which is a gift given to benefit the bride/couple and not their parents.So, what do American parents get when their children marry? In the best scenarios, they receive joy and thanks, and continued relationship with the couple and future grandchildren.
Many people have a pragmatic view that as a percentage of total revenue collected, it's simply not worth taxing the lower percentiles. The amount collected just doesn't amount to much. I've found people on both ends of the spectrum who feel that it's not worth the bother.The majority of Americans pay no Income Taxes for a number of reasons. Some are receiving public assistance. Some are retired and don't earn enough income in addition to their Social Security income to be taxed.And then there are many tax credits, handouts, and deductions, from the standard deduction, the EITC (Earned Income Tax Credit, essentially a negative tax bracket), deductions for dependent children, Mortgage Interest Tax Deduction, the "Making Work Pay" deduction, to special deductions for school teachers. These eliminate income tax for a wide swath of lower wage earners.I think we all should pay Federal Income taxes. This will help Americans understand taxation better. And elimination of all Tax Deductions, especially the mortgage interest deduction, would make a lot more people taxpayers, increase fairness, and lower house prices!There's a danger point when the majority of Americans pay no income taxes. This was immortalized in an infamous 2002 The Wall Street Journal editorial called "The Non-Taxpaying Class: Those Lucky Duckies" (sorry, it's available to paid subscribers only), which points out that society can rapidly decline when the majority of voters pay no taxes. There's a good summary of this in the Wikipedia under "Lucky Duckies": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luc...
Natives pay all FEDERAL taxes.If they live on reservations, and in a state that has STATE tax, they’d be exempt from that. If they live OFF reservation, they’d pay state taxes.If they purchase items off rez in states that have sales tax, then they’d be paying this amount like anyone else. If they live on a reservation that doesn’t compact with the state to recoup state taxes, they might get an exemption. But, this isn’t a default anyway.
Do native americans have to pay taxes?
http://www.narf.org/pubs/misc/faqs.html "Do Indians pay taxes? All Indians are subject to federal income taxes. As sovereign entities, tribal governments have the power to levy taxes on reservation lands. Some tribes do and some don't. As a result, Indians and non-Indians may or may not pay sales taxes on goods and services purchased on the reservation depending on the tribe. However, whenever a member of an Indian tribe conducts business off the reservation, that person, like everyone else, pays both state and local taxes. State income taxes are not paid on reservation or trust lands." http://www.bluecorncomics.com/essntial.h... "Myth: Indian people do not pay taxes. Fact: Indian people pay all taxes required by tribal, state, and federal law. "Myths & Facts," National Indian Gaming Association Do Native Americans pay state or federal taxes? They pay the same taxes as everyone else with the following exceptions: Native Americans employed on reservations do not pay state income taxes. American Indians living on trust land are free from local and state property taxes. Generally state sales taxes are not levied on Indian transactions made on reservations. Indians do not pay federal income taxes on money earned from trust lands, such as fees received for grazing rights and oil drilling."
Do indians pay taxes?
Dear Randy: In AZ Native Americans pay federal taxes just like you and I. If they live on "their" reservation and work on "their" reservation they pay no state tax. Otherwise they pay state tax again just like you and I. This advice was prepared based on our understanding of the tax law in effect at the time it was written as it applies to the facts that you provided. Click on my profile to read more. Errol Quinn Enrolled Agent Master Tax Advisor
Payments to Native Americans?
Sorry, there are no benefits given to Natives by the government. If there were, do you really think we'd have such a high number of people living below the federal poverty level? The myth of the monthly check is a lie that is spread to create more hatred towards us. Any benefits received by Native Americans comes from the tribe they are a member of. So, he would have to call where ever he's enrolled and find out. Not enrolled? Then he's not Native. And even if he is enrolled, I doubt there is much money to claim. If there was, I'm sure his family would have already been cashing in.
Why do so many people think Native Americans get support checks from the U.S. Government?
Because for a large percentage of Native Americans, it's true. No, *individual* Indians do not get support checks (over and above the same welfare checks that they'd be entitled to whether they are Indian or not) but Indian *tribes* get very substantial Federal support checks. On the tax issue, while Indians are liable for the same FEDERAL income taxes as non-Indians, Indians living on reservations are not subject to STATE income taxes on income earned on the reservation, nor is property on the reservation subject to property taxes. Indian-owned businesses operating on a reservation are also exempt from State taxation. It's a fact - and a shameful fact - that some of the poorest people in the US are native Americans. However, it's also a fact that some of the wealthiest tribes, especially those with large successful Casinos, are still collecting their Federal subsidies. Yes, they have a treaty right to do so - but common decency might suggest that they could waive those funds, making more available for poor tribes. The poorest Indian tribe in America is the Red Lake Band of Chippewa in Minnesota. Yet Minnesota is also home to some of America's wealthiest tribes, which are handing out very large per capita payments to their own members from their Casino profits - but still collecting their percentage of the Federal Indian subsidies earmarked for Minnesota. The gaming compacts that California signed with the Casino tribes require them to both share their profits with non-gaming tribes, AND waive their federal subsidy funds in favor of non-gaming tribes. The effect on the non-gaming tribes has been substantial. Minnesota, Florida, Connecticut and a couple of other States with Indian Casinos BADLY dropped the ball on this one. Richard
Do Indian casinos have to pay any taxes?
The agreement between the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation and the State of Connecticut promises the state $80 million or 25% of their annual slot revenue.[19] For the first 10 years of operation, the state has received more than $1.7 billion from Foxwoods alone.