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Re:Taxation of illegal income in the United States by saghm on Saturday April 16, 2022 @11:09AM (#31052905)
Does this mean you could fill in illegal income in your taxes and then for the source put down "I plead the 5th"?
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Re:Taxation of illegal income in the United States by Bilal_io on Saturday April 16, 2022 @12:24PM (#31053621)
Then that would give them a reason to investigate.

They cannot ask you what you're pleading the 5th for, but they can go investigate it, and nail you when and if they find proof of illegal activity.

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Re:Taxation of illegal income in the United States by dmurray on Monday April 18, 2022 @06:44AM (#31069167)
What if everyone included "I plead the fifth" in their tax filings? Perhaps as a form of protest, or because CFAs and distributors of tax-filing software started adding it to their boilerplate?
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