Check this link here:
It says something like you have to be a "tax netpayer" and "make more than $40,000" a year. A bit disheartening if that's true, there's lots of hardworking Americans who dont make that much, that still need it :(
and wtf does a "net taxpayer" even mean?
From the article: "....net-income taxpayers — people who pay more in taxes than they get back." That would include a huge number of taxpayers, myself included.
Low income people who pay NO income taxes, of course, would not get a DOGE dividend, as they didn't pay anything in to begin with. It's not a matter of "need"... it's a matter of financial equity.
Net-income taxpayers have 'skin in the game'... zero taxpayers have none.
Perhaps they could base the refund on your IRS tax history. That would seem more equitable for people with your circumstances.
God bless you, fren, you are a saint on this earth.
There is some compensation that is available for those taking care of family like you are. Its not much...
You only get this money if the person you are caring for makes less than a given amount of money. If they make more than this amount, then it is up to this person to pay you a wage...or not.
They really want to milk you and the system via nursing homes.
👆👆👆👆👆 This.
this!
I'm still confused. Am I a taxpayer if every paycheck has had taxes taken out?
Pretty much.
From the article “News reports say” Do you need to read anymore? It is all speculation, even that it will happen at this point!
These people get a check every year anyway. It’s called earned income tax credit. Another government giveaway with tax dollars.
That is nuts. Excludes those who need it most of all. Like all seniors on Social Security, disability, and tax-filers who are barely getting by. You may have no idea how little money comes into the households of most families right now.
Eliminate the IRS, and eliminate the illegal income tax.
That would be far better.
It would only be for tax payers. It is the tax payers that were ripped off so its the tax payers that get it back.
If you are low income and dont pay taxes you would not be qualified because you did not pay anything to get anything back.
If you haven’t paid taxes, you shouldn’t get anything back….
I go for this. Stop “giving” away money, There is enough welfare. How about a break for the people who pay taxes? I see people who make low wages who GET BACK $6,000 in taxes that they did not withhold. It is a refundable tax. Take these giveaways, plus free food, plus free utilities, plus free 0bamacare and the taxpayers end up with less at the end of the month than the “underprivileged”. Any the taxpayers have to show up for work every day.
They could prorate it. They could have a $2,500 and $1,250 refund for half and quarter units of Participation. It would be cool if there were investment opportunities for private placement investments into new Brands that are ALL-AMERICAN owned and not controlled by the Wealthy class. So rather than this new wealth all be consumed. It was sown into new America
"The proposed DOGE refund check would be issued per household rather than to each individual taxpayer, including those receiving Social Security benefits that meet the income tax requirements". There isn't enough money saved at this time to give every Citizen of the USA.
Can anyone show me one American of any financial means that hasn't paid anything into the huge amount of waste DOGE has found? Gas, sales, hidden, and other taxes are all part of it and there are costs besides taxes, like fees and so on. How high would the price of a licence plate or a building permit be if not for all of the corruption built into the cost? We all pay, and to tie any money returned to income tax only is crazy.
Every adult citizen in this country has been screwed over for decades and decades and many of us won't see a dime back. I'll be fine with that (because I have to be) if the systems get fixed and the crooks get prosecuted.
Any American that crows about how they did not file on April 15th because it is unconstitutional.
Tax evasion is a separate issue.
My point is the cost of waste and abuse and to Americans goes WAY beyond who paid income tax and how much they paid.
Think of this as a rebate on current tax savings. The DOGE team isn't saving money on pre-2024 yet...
The article says that a net taxpayer is someone who pays in more taxes than they get back as a refund. So if you are already getting a larger refund than you pay in- basically not paying anything in at all- then you wouldn't get the $5k.
Many people already get a payout at tax time in the form of refunds.
every paycheck i made last year, and years before, i was taxed the hell out of. and i never really got much returned when filing taxes. so i qualify for the check?
Yep. If you’ve not paid in you don’t get a refund.
Same as a gun buyback isn’t a buyback if the government didn’t sell the firearm to you.
So simple a 5th grader can explain it. Well…not a common core public school 5th grader…but you know what I mean.
im not sure if i qualify. every single paycheck ive made every month for years has had taxes taken out. and i never really got much back when filing. does that mean i qualify for the refund?
Assume you won't get it and move on. Like all things government.
This better be fake news! Those are the people who need it and are most deserving of it. It would also mean that Elon lied. Hopefully, this is just fake news.
People that get more back in taxes than they actually pay in are the most deserving? How is that? Seems like those people have already received a benefit from the tax program in the form of financial gain, a luxury that net taxpayers have not had
I don't know how all that works. But, Elon said "every tax payer," not "certain tax payers."
If this is true, I'm never voting republican again.
You never did to begin with cupcake..
Not true muffin top.
If this is true, then Elon should not have lied and said it would go to "Every Taxpayer." It would make him a liar, in my book.
How is it a lie? If you didn’t pay taxes, you are not a taxpayer. You clearly are a product of the no child left behind education system.
I pay taxes. And Elon said, "every tax payer." The US debt clock also made me believe that I and the people I care about will finally get a fucking break. Also, this was tied to government waste, fraud and abuse (which we are all victims of) not 'over-taxation.' Frankly, I think I barely cleared $40k last year. Every American deserves money from the crooked fed that over threw our country. Millionaires getting $5k (which is basically nothing for them) and low wage earners getting screwed yet again makes me very unhappy. They should have presented it truthfully from the start, then it wouldn't be such a disappointment.
It's gonna be up to Congress no matter what DOGE says. High earners have always been excluded from these give aways, like the recent stimulus checks which excluded married couples making over 150k
Congress will want to include alot of people imo, so we will just have to see.
Thanks for that. I think I was being a little over dramatic. But, still...