How did they pay income taxes if they have no SSN???? You need a SSN to pay income taxes! Fake news

— stopblacktar (@stopblacktar) December 31, 2018

Fake news, it’s so fun to say, isn’t it?
But it doesn’t make you any smarter. Here: They’re called Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers, created by the IRS in 1996 for people who aren’t allowed to work in the US. All govt sanctioned. https://t.co/aLNalce1V7

— Heidi Przybyla (@HeidiNBC) December 31, 2018