So i live in houston tx, and i work as a construction and they pay me cash and take no tax from me, when i file my taxes next year, i will have to pay but if i take all my receipts that i have paid taxes will they take the full amount i pod or only the taxes, for example i buy a ipad for $ 200 and taxes were $ 50, and i claim that receipt into taxes, will they take the full amount i paid or only taxes.

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Hailee Hancock

10 June, 20:08

So i live in houston tx, and i work as a construction and they pay me cash and take no tax from me, when i file my taxes next year, i will have to pay but if i take all my receipts that i have paid taxes will they take the full amount i pod or only the taxes, for example i buy a ipad for $ 200 and taxes were $ 50, and i claim that receipt into taxes, will they take the full amount i paid or only taxes.

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Taxes from wages are collected as a percentage from the total earned. Wage taxes don't collect from what you buy. Retail business automatically include those taxes in with the item price at checkout