Incredibly thorough breakdown of something most people don't even realize is an option. The detail on W-4 manipulation and state vs federal enforcement differences is especially useful. What sticks with me is how this reframes tax withholding from individual evasion to collective mourning ritual, basically redirecting grief into tangible non-compliance. The risk calculus you laid out makes it way more accesible than the usual fearmongering around IRS consequences.
How about donating the portion of tax you wish to withhold to a tax-exempt charity? Wouldn't this be a safer way to withhold the tax while also benefitting arts, science research, environmental and social charities that have been hit with funding cuts by the Trump regime in the last year?
Really appreciated the deep dive on this, Leo. Thanks for your generosity in sharing your knowledge on this complicated subject. That the government demands that marginalized people finance their own marginalization and that of others is unspeakably contemptible. ❤️🔥💔❤️🔥
Incredibly thorough breakdown of something most people don't even realize is an option. The detail on W-4 manipulation and state vs federal enforcement differences is especially useful. What sticks with me is how this reframes tax withholding from individual evasion to collective mourning ritual, basically redirecting grief into tangible non-compliance. The risk calculus you laid out makes it way more accesible than the usual fearmongering around IRS consequences.
Thank you so much for this article! It helped me feel so much more informed around these choices!
How about donating the portion of tax you wish to withhold to a tax-exempt charity? Wouldn't this be a safer way to withhold the tax while also benefitting arts, science research, environmental and social charities that have been hit with funding cuts by the Trump regime in the last year?
Really appreciated the deep dive on this, Leo. Thanks for your generosity in sharing your knowledge on this complicated subject. That the government demands that marginalized people finance their own marginalization and that of others is unspeakably contemptible. ❤️🔥💔❤️🔥
I am SO grateful you wrote this. Beyond grateful. THANK YOU!