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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Florida Man Avoids Millions in Taxes by Hiding Illegal Aliens From Payroll
2018-03-12
[Townhall] This story is a little over a week and half old, but it remains topical. A Florida man avoided paying millions in social security, federal, income and Medicare taxes by failing to report a number of illegal aliens working on his payroll. However, his story also shows the potentially dangerous work environment that exists for illegal aliens when immigration laws are neglected.

Mac Johnson owns several roofing, tree services, and dumpster businesses. According to WCJB ABC 20 News, he "devised a scheme to conceal the amount of wages earned by his undocumented alien employees to avoid paying more than $1.7 million in federal income, Medicare, and social security taxes, as well as more than $1 million in Florida worker’s compensation premiums."

"Johnson concealed the wages from the State of Florida by inaccurately and incompletely identifying all employees, representing that lower wages were paid than the true amounts, and paying by cash or a non-payroll check in amounts of less than $10,000 to avoid reporting requirements," the local media added.

According to the United States Justice Department, Johnson pled guilty on Tuesday February 27th to "tax fraud, wire fraud, structuring financial transactions to evade reporting requirements, and harboring undocumented aliens." Johnson also rented several properties to the illegal aliens working for him and deducted money from their paycheck to supplement rent.
Posted by:Besoeker

#7  Seasonal gardeners are a big market segment here in MA. Lots of Brazilians and some Asians.

Many of them do have green cards so it's hard to tell unless the employers have to make account.
Posted by: AlanC   2018-03-12 15:44  

#6  When my sister ran a retail store in NYC in the early 80s, there was a constant parade of people through the door asking to be "exploited" by being paid off the books...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2018-03-12 14:06  

#5  ...well, they were always partial to the plantation system.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2018-03-12 11:06  

#4  Is this the reason Dems like "Open Borders" and "Sanctuary Cities?" Cheap labor and votes.
Posted by: JohnQC   2018-03-12 10:35  

#3  Bring in the culture of corruption
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2018-03-12 09:44  

#2  ...to avoid paying more than $1.7 million in federal income, Medicare, and social security taxes, as well as more than $1 million in Florida worker’s compensation premiums

Think about that and its impact upon the creation of new jobs and businesses. Now scroll down to the article about the Donk tax increase. Never do they contemplate the negative consequences of spend, spend, spend and tax, tax, tax. Programs and regulations have impact. How about in the next Constitution the requirement for Congress and the Bureaucracy to submit a 'economic impact statement' with every new piece of legislation or regulation that carries with it a 'death switch' if what happens isn't reflected in the impact statement.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2018-03-12 09:43  

#1  The importation and exploitation of cheap labor, such an amazing success story.

[sarc off]
Posted by: Besoeker   2018-03-12 09:28  

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