stija wrote:So i can live and work without a number but i cannot be employed?
If you want to live in Florida and work for yourself, doing yardwork or whatever, and ensure your gross income is always less than the filing threshhold, I suppose you could live and work without a number.LPC wrote:And a Social Security number is clearly required to comply with the filing requirements for the federal income tax.
But you wouldn't need to invent any grand rationale or intricate conspiracy to explain that.
The same as the difference between apple and fruit.stija wrote:So what is the difference between employment and work? Well that took some years to understand.
Work is a generic, colloquial, umbrella term for 'performing services'*.
Employment is a specific subset of 'work': 'performing services for someone else in exchange for compensation'*
I'm not sure why it would take anyone years to understand, but then again I'm not sure why people like Celine Dion either.
*For illustrative purposes only - not intended to be a legal/technical definition.