Selling miles may not necessarily be a taxable event. The IRS has been dealing with this for years and so far earning miles for a cc sign up is nontaxable, so if you are selling nontaxable miles in exchange for cash one can argue it is just an exchange in kind and would not trigger any taxes.
I see there are a lot of very righteous members of DDF. Life is not binary. Life is not black and white. The vast majority of people who apply for benefits while earning more than allowable are doing so because they are desperate. They earn too much to be eligible for benefits, and at the same time do not earn enough to survive. DH, whether you like it or not, said it exactly right. Maybe he shouldn't have aired the dirty laundry of the community, but what he said is true. I'm curious how many people here that פארקויפן זייער מיילס report it as income. I'm curious how many people here ליגענען וועגן זייער פרנסה to get approved for credit cards. I'm not G-D forbid saying it's justified. It's not. But those who live in a glass house...
The complaint says the [deleted], who earned approximately $1.8 million in 2013, exploited $178,000 from Medicaid, Section 8 housing and SNAP food benefits.
some of the things they count as income are ridiculous (money from cashing out a refi?)and what they count as benefits is worse (hospital bills that medicaid paid for, that would have been coverage by any insurance)
Good point. I doubt they used IRS rules in determining taxable income.
+1. Every program has different criteria for what needs to be included in reporting income. The FBI is not as knowledgeable and judicious as people think.
iv'e been doing working with lower income people for 20 years and have never seen this once in lakewood (splitting the household claiming two sets of programs)Maybe i'm naive, or just blindI see it in Newark, Camden, Jersey City and NYC everydayand frankly i think the commentators in the APP and the like are trying to perpetuate this blood libel
Not sure what you are saying... are you saying you don't think this is happening? The stats in the App article are evidence that this is happening. The median income in lakewood is 1/3rd that of a neighboring town with similar property values. Which means they are reporting much less income than the neighboring town while living in the same kinds of houses. It is pretty clear that this is happening on a large scale. No other way to explain it. Folks living in houses valued over 500k and are signed up for benefits designed for the destitute. I just thought they were acting legally (not addressing whether or not it is morally reprehensible). I guess we'll find out how they fare in court but seems like no.
Did you ever take into consideration that none of the people living in those houses, or a very small percentage, actually own the houses in their own names and ot could be parents or siblings who own them. So they may actually be destitute and qualify for benefits while living in the same houses as the neighboring town.
Why? Doesn't the insurance company pay the claims and the state pay the premiums?
I believe hud in Lakewood forbade that about 15 years ago
Simple example. You sell your house for $700k and FBI says you made $700k+ in 2017.
But existings were grandfathered in.
That's just ridiculous.. I read some of the complaints and the financial stuff on there really seems like garbage..."A check from LLC was cashed". - was this income? Return of capital? A loan? Etc etc
AP dead or Obi dead?
Before most of the subject houses were built?