should I file identity theft or pay off the debt?
My parent has been using my social since I was 8, both my parents have asked me since I filed my taxes the first time and saw the debt to not file identity theft because my parent can be deported. They've also asked me not to file my taxes. one of my parents is on disability since they had a stroke and are incapable of living alone and my sister as well since she has down syndrome. the past couple of years I've only worked on and off to not make my debt bigger and it's been okay since I've needed to care for my sister and parent. Im 26 now, I've never left home and I've been cooking and cleaning and tending to my family but I want a normal job now. my account is under threat of being levied for not paying my taxes or filing them which is why I wanna fix my information and file for identity theft because I've hardly worked 3-4 months a year so my parent can use it instead. I've asked my aunts side of the family for help and they and my parents insist I just get a job under the table and pay off my debt while I allow my parent to continue using it to be the breadwinner of our family. If I file I could potentially be the reason my parent gets fired or even deported which is why Ive listened to my parents and been avoiding it but I need to fix my information before things get worse which is why they insist I just pay it off and work under the table so I don't worsen the debt but won't be levied so my parent can continue working. I'm genuinely broken by the decision because filing could mean I can finally start a life, even if it means now I'm the breadwinner and have to support my parents and sister. But everyone in my family just keeps telling me to pay off the debt slowly. work under the table. they even offered to find me a social to use but I don't want to do to anyone what's being done to me so the only options I have are file and ruin my family or pay off the debt slowly while I work under the table making as little money as possible. everyone says it's the better end of the deal so I can keep watching over my sister, parent, and grandma and still make a little money to keep and pay off my debt while my parent keeps supporting my family. I've been told I can sell food, babysit, clean houses, work at bazaars, do easy cash jobs and it just makes me feel like they think I'm just not trying hard enough to provide for myself but how can I when it costs money to make money and I have no car. I'm frustrated and I feel like I'm stuck in a hole where making any move either hurts me or my loved ones. I just don't know what to do anymore.