Re:In our cashless society, we need to take digital jail ser...
by incompatible on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @08:39PM
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Presumably, the US government still accepts payment of taxes in cash, so that cash-based businesses that can't get a bank account can still pay. Perhaps the situation could arise in other countries though.
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Re:In our cashless society, we need to take digital jail ser...
by dragonwriter on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @09:19PM
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> Presumably, the US government still accepts payment of taxes in cash,
Not directly, though it works with partner companies that accept cash for an extra fee, with limits on per-payment and per-day payments. [0]
> so that cash-based businesses that can't get a bank account can still pay.
It would seem to be impractical for a non-trivial business to work with the cash payments limits.
[0] https://www.irs.gov/payments/pay-with-cash-at-a-retail-partn...
Re:In our cashless society, we need to take digital jail ser...
by vel0city on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @01:03AM
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Your link only pertains to one way the IRS takes cash payments. They also take cash payments at Taxpayer Assistance Centers (TACs). You don't have to pay cash at a private corporation, you can go into an IRS office and pay cash.
https://www.irs.gov/payments/pay-your-taxes-with-cash
https://www.irs.gov/payments/what-to-expect-when-you-pay-cas...