Re:The IRS Is Building a System to Share Taxpayers' Data wit...
by kevingadd on Tuesday July 15, 2025 @12:20PM
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Does this work in practice? Historically my actual residence is needed for tax reasons, i.e. properly tracking what state I owe income tax in for cash compensation and stock options.
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Re:The IRS Is Building a System to Share Taxpayers' Data wit...
by jlongr on Tuesday July 15, 2025 @12:23PM
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No. What he's describing is like covering your face with your hands and thinking that you're invisible.
Re:The IRS Is Building a System to Share Taxpayers' Data wit...
by Thrymr on Tuesday July 15, 2025 @12:35PM
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It might help obscure your physical address in public records and keep private companies from finding it as easily, but yeah, it's not going to keep the government-wide database from locating you.
Re:The IRS Is Building a System to Share Taxpayers' Data wit...
by duxup on Tuesday July 15, 2025 @12:23PM
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Yeah I don't see how this works. Got a mortgage, you're going to report info that lead them to your financial institution who knows the address and so on. Insurance, any other financial service that did some data checks / credit checks.
I don't buy into the idea that you can magically hide your home address, this info is already out.
Re:The IRS Is Building a System to Share Taxpayers' Data wit...
by Izkata on Tuesday July 15, 2025 @12:29PM
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A step further, homeowners are public information. You can even look up the records online for free on county treasurer websites.
Re:The IRS Is Building a System to Share Taxpayers' Data wit...
by epoxia on Tuesday July 15, 2025 @12:33PM
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Not everybody owns a home, particularly the transient workers who would be concerned with ICE.
Re:The IRS Is Building a System to Share Taxpayers' Data wit...
by duxup on Tuesday July 15, 2025 @12:38PM
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I don't think an apartment / renting would be much different.
Re:The IRS Is Building a System to Share Taxpayers' Data wit...
by red-iron-pine on Wednesday July 16, 2025 @01:52PM
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Krebs on Security talked about this. He kept getting death threats and swat'd.
You setup corporations who own your shit. The mortgage and house ownership is handled by the corp. You own the corp, and in some cases there is an umbrella corp that owns other corps.
The corporation then rents you your house. Mortgage and related points back to the corpo address, and you use a PO Box for personal stuff.
Ditto for phones, domains, etc. -- run through the company.
Re:The IRS Is Building a System to Share Taxpayers' Data wit...
by Amfy on Tuesday July 15, 2025 @12:22PM
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get a PMB in your state (or county even). You'll be surprised how many PMBs exist
Re:The IRS Is Building a System to Share Taxpayers' Data wit...
by noman-land on Tuesday July 15, 2025 @12:24PM
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What is a PMB?
Re:The IRS Is Building a System to Share Taxpayers' Data wit...
by khuey on Tuesday July 15, 2025 @12:25PM
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Private Mail Box (i.e. a PO Box like product at your local UPS store/etc).
Re:The IRS Is Building a System to Share Taxpayers' Data wit...
by noman-land on Tuesday July 15, 2025 @12:54PM
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Thank you.