Afai o oe o se tagata faigaluega, e na o le pau lava le tagata e umia sea i le S Corporation poʻo se tasi sui LLC, o le Low Income Taxpayer Clinic (LITC) i Legal Aid atonu e mafai ona tuʻuina atu ia te oe fesoasoani lafoga feterale ma faasino oe i isi mo fesoasoani fua ile tapenaga o lafoga ma atina’e pisinisi. Legal Aid e tu'uina atu auaunaga fa'aletulafono e leai se totogi ma fa'atonuga i tagata, ae le o fa'alapotopotoga fa'apisinisi, e la'ititi tele a latou tupe maua e fa'a faigaluega ai se loia tumaoti.
O tagata faigaluega a le tagata lava ia e iai le tele o noataga lafoga. E mana'omia e tagata faigaluega e faila se fa'amatalaga fa'aletausaga ma totogi lafoga fa'atatau ile kuata ta'i kuata. E mafai ona iloiloina se faasalaga e le Internal Revenue Service (IRS) pe afai e le totogiina lafoga i le tausaga atoa. O le IRS o loʻo i ai le Electronic Federal Tax Payment System (EFTPS) e faʻafaigofie ai mo tagata fai lafoga o loʻo faigaluega i latou lava ona totogi kuata taʻitasi e ala i le faʻatagaina o se tagata fai lafoga e faʻatulaga tupe faʻatatau otometi e oʻo atu i le tausaga e tasi. O lo'o tu'uina atu fo'i e le IRS se Nofoaga Autu Lafoga a Tagata Ta'ito'atasi mo Tagata Lafoga e mafai ona maua mo se fesoasoani ile https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/self-employed-individuals-tax-center.
E tatau fo'i i tagata faigaluega a le tagata lava ia ona totogi lafoga a le tagata lava ia, fa'aopoopo i le lafoga o tupe maua pe afai e $400 pe sili atu tupe maua. Lafoga a le tagata lava ia o le lafoga a le Social Security ma Medicare mo tagata taʻitoʻatasi e faigaluega mo i latou lava. Ole fua faatatau ole lafoga e 12.4% mo Social Security ma 2.9% mo lafoga Medicare. O se manatu lelei i taimi uma le toe iloiloina o faatonuga a le IRS mo le Schedule SE (self-employment) a'o le'i saunia ma tu'uina atu le IRS Form 1040. E fa'aogaina e le Social Security Administration fa'amatalaga mai le Schedule SE e fa'atatau ai penefiti a le tagata lava ia i lalo o le polokalame saogalemu. .
Legal Aid's LITC e mafai ona fesoasoani i tagata faigaluega a le tagata lava ia e iai fa'afitauli tau lafoga a le IRS. Le Legal Aid e mafai ona feutagai ma le IRS e maua ai se fuafuaga totogi talafeagai ma/poʻo le ofo atu i le maliega e ono faʻaitiitia ai lau avega lafoga; afai o au tupe fa'aalu i le taimi nei e sili atu i lau tupe maua, e mafai ona e agava'a mo le tulaga e le mafai ona aoina. A tatau ona oo lau mataupu i le faamasinoga, e mafai ona matou tulai mo oe.
A maeʻa ona maua le taʻiala talafeagai, e mafai e le tagata fai pisinisi maualalo tupe maua ona faʻavae ma tausia lana lava galuega pe a itiiti ni avanoa faigaluega maketi, faʻatupu le tamaoaiga ma le saogalemu o le tamaoaiga, ma ausia le tulaga maualuga o le tamaoaiga e faʻaalia ai le manuia i le 3.6 miliona pisinisi laiti o loʻo i ai nei.
Legal Aid's LITC e le saunia ma faila lafoga lafoga. O lo'o tu'uina atu i luga o la matou upegatafa'ilagi le lisi o tagata sauniuni lafoga i le www.lasclev.org/taxpreplocations. Ma, a'oa'o atili e uiga i faiga fa'aletulafono lafoga a Legal Aid: www.lasclev.org/get-help/special-programs/low-incometaxpayer-clinic