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I think he would qualify as a non citizen if anyone would
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Resident alien?zippyfix wrote:Even Superman is not imune to taxes..
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I think he would qualify as a non citizen if anyone would
Kal-El was always an undocumented alien. His adoptive parents (Jonathan and Martha Kent) hid his origins by leaving him on the doorstep of the local orphanage and later adopting him. I'm no authority on immigration law, but I would assume that their efforts to disguise and corrupt the process would have made it a nullity for naturalization purposes.Cathulhu wrote:Definitely resident alien, unless he obtained citizenship through his adoptive parents. I don't recall that happening in the comic (but haven't read it for decades).
Synopsis for "Superman Owes a Billion Dollars!"
IRS agent Rupert Brand is going through records and is shocked that Superman has never paid his taxes nor reported all the reward money and net assets he's earned over the years, and had become determined to collect the taxes owing from the Man of Steel.
Superman meanwhile is out in space Superman collects a rare egg from a passing comet to bring back to Earth for examination. Returning to Metropolis, Superman aids in a collection drive for the Metropolis Fireman's Welfare Fund. During this drive, Brand jumps off a building to attract Superman's attention. When Superman saves the IRS auditor, he tells Superman that he needs to pay back his taxes. Taking him back to the IRS building, Brand calculates how much bax taxes that Superman owes and tells the Man of Steel that he needs to pay the IRS 1 billion dollars in taxes within the next 24 hours otherwise he will order the FBI to arrest Superman.
Wanting to abide by the law, Superman rushes out to try and collect the money that he owes in back taxes as quickly as possible, a task that proves to be harder than it would seem. He flies to the African Congo where he collects a large cache of elephant tusks from an elephant graveyard hoping to net the billion dollars from selling the ivory. However, Bizarro arrives and in a misguided attempt to try and help Superman turns the tusks into worthless bars of soap.
After depositing the hatching egg someplace safe, Superman goes to a coal mine, Superman next tries to use his super powers to compress coal into diamonds. However, the comet that has passed the Earth has had a temporary effect on the coal, making it impossible for Superman to crush it into diamonds. Superman then decides to get help from his friends, getting a growth serum from Professor Potter, Superman enlists the aid of Aquaman in finding the worlds biggest oyster so that he can use the growth formula to make the worlds largest pearl.
Returning it to the spot where he left the egg, Superman is surprised to find that the egg has hatched into some strange creature. Superman next goes out to collect a number of valuable items from lost tombs and from under the sea, getting the aid of Lori Lemaris and her merpeople to help. When Superman goes off into space to get a chunk of Radium, he breaks it down and takes it to hospitals that are in need due to a shortage of Radium on Earth. Returning back to his cache of valuables, he finds that the creature has eaten everything, Superman then tosses the creature out into space.
With no other options left, and his deadline looming, Superman writes a check for the one billion dollars to give to Brand. Brand tells Superman that the check is worthless as it had come from the First National Bank of Krypton. However at the last moment Brand's boss enters the room and tells Brand that Superman doesn't owe any taxes due to Code 1426B of the income tax code, which states that a taxpayer can deduct $600.00 from their income for each dependent the pay for. Rationalizing that Superman's dependents are the entire world he has no taxable income. With Superman's tax woes sorted out, Brand and Superman shake hands and part company.
So...Superman is a dick.[/quote]webhick wrote:[quote="Synopsis for "Superman Owes a Billion Dollars!"]Returning back to his cache of valuables, he finds that the creature has eaten everything, Superman then tosses the creature out into space.
A passing comet alters the structure of terrestrial coal so much that its response to compression changes? What, did the comet emit some kind of radiation that alters carbon chemistry, and emit it so intensely that it affected all the coal on Earth? Then how come the entire human race didn't come down with radiation sickness or cancer?Superman next tries to use his super powers to compress coal into diamonds. However, the comet that has passed the Earth has had a temporary effect on the coal, making it impossible for Superman to crush it into diamonds.
Well, since nothing else in that story remotely resembles the way the tax laws actually work, what's one more implausibility?Cathulhu wrote:Dependency is based on five tests: the biggie being support. Can't see that the Man of Steel paid over half the living expenses for everyone on earth. Also, he would need to meet relationship tests, and list everyone's name and identifying number.
This was actually the plot of the first episode of Challenge of the SuperFriends: Going back in time to acquire some of the world's most valuable treasures.Cpt Banjo wrote:If I recall, Superman can go back in time. So all he'd have to do is go back and bring incredibly valuable items into the present to sell for enough to pay his taxes. Just think: lost works by Da Vinci, Van Gough, Picasso, Bach, Mozart, and Shakespeare; several Stradaveri violins; a 1794 Flowing Hair Dollar, 1913 Liberty Head Nickel, and 1933 Gold Double Eagle; the original sheet of the 1924 inverted Jenny airmail stamps; a 1909 Honus Wagner baseball card; and a 1938 Martin D-45 guitar.
Does anyone really remember the dependency rules for 1960? The story being published in 1961, his taxes for years 1960 and prior would be in question.Dr. Caligari wrote:Well, since nothing else in that story remotely resembles the way the tax laws actually work, what's one more implausibility?Cathulhu wrote:Dependency is based on five tests: the biggie being support. Can't see that the Man of Steel paid over half the living expenses for everyone on earth. Also, he would need to meet relationship tests, and list everyone's name and identifying number.
Why does The Technicolor Time Machine come to mind. It certainly makes it clear why a 24-hour limit is not significant to a time traveller.Cpt Banjo wrote:Or if he doesn't want to depress the market by bringing back too much stuff, he could always take a videocamera with him, record significant events in history, and sell the footage to the media for a bundle.
I was thinking of the classic SF story "E is for Effort":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_for_EffortArthur Rubin wrote:Why does The Technicolor Time Machine come to mind. It certainly makes it clear why a 24-hour limit is not significant to a time traveller.Cpt Banjo wrote:Or if he doesn't want to depress the market by bringing back too much stuff, he could always take a videocamera with him, record significant events in history, and sell the footage to the media for a bundle.
That was the reasoning behind Maximum Overdrive, wasn't it?tracer wrote: A passing comet alters the structure of terrestrial coal so much that its response to compression changes? What, did the comet emit some kind of radiation that alters carbon chemistry, and emit it so intensely that it affected all the coal on Earth? Then how come the entire human race didn't come down with radiation sickness or cancer?