Comments:American presumed dead for 30 years found healthy

"So THAT'S why I stopped having to pay taxes. *cough*" Fephisto (talk) 16:21, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Heh, it'd make a good excuse. I wonder how many similar cases are around. --FastLizard4 (talk) 07:09, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

Just a quick question...
I'm not an American but even so I can understand that if he was considered dead then how come he could still pay taxes (I'm assuming he paid taxes on his Social Security number because he didn't know he was considered dead). If he didn't pay his taxes, then I bet the IRS has an huge bill waiting for him... :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by DarcBird (talk • contribs) 00:03, 21 August 2008 (UTC)


 * I can't really answer that one. All I can say is that in some respects, US states are fairly independent and maintain their own databases. And states likely do not interact between one-another, but only upward to the federal gov't. For comparison you could liken it to the EU. Say you move from Spain to Belgium just as a disaster happened in Spain. You register in Belgium, and they check your records in Spain, which confirm who you are. A few days later, Spain didn't find you in the disaster area and declares you dead. And voila you are alive in Belgium and dead in Spain. This is all speculation, of course.--SVTCobra 00:42, 21 August 2008 (UTC)