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08-09-2012, 01:48 PM
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Originally Posted by coralway
So, it's one named person - Geithner?
How convenient no other names are mentioned ...... just "the White House staff".
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"Word today that yet another Barack Obama appointee has a little problem with taxes -- a $10,000 problem.
Ron Kirk, the former mayor of Dallas who would be the White House chief trade representative if confirmed, didn't pay taxes on some speaking fees he donated to his alma mater and he tried to write off the full $17,000 costs of his Dallas Mavericks season tickets.
Not sure if we have room here to list every other would-be Obama appointee who tU.S Trade Representative nominee Ron Kirk, the ex-mayor of Dallas, turns out to be the latest Barack Obama appointee to have back tax problemsurns out to have some tax problems. There was Timothy Geithner, who's now Treasury Secretary in charge of the IRS.
But being as articulate as he is and so well-versed in handling other people's money, he was deemed essential to the fight against the economic downturn and that's worked out real well. Just look at the markets.
There was Tom Daschle, who was deemed essential to the effort to completely reform the nation's health care system. "
Another Obama pick owes back taxes, but it's OK because, now caught, he'll pay up - latimes.com
" Thursday’s Senate confirmation hearing for Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius to serve as Health and Human Resources secretary barely touched on the fact that she is part of an interesting club: Obama nominees who failed to fully pay their taxes.
Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa was the only participant to mention that Ms. Sebelius and her husband recently paid $7,040 in back taxes and $878 dollars in interest and penalties for minor amendments to their 2005-2007 tax returns. The discrepancy was discovered in her preparation for her nomination. The governor avoided the subject in her testimony and is expected to be easily approved in short order.
EDITORIAL: Obama's 'taxing' nominees - Washington Times
" Because, at this point, I have to think the answer is no.
After a string of Obama nominees disclosed tax issues – including confirmed Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and failed nominees Tom Daschle and Nancy Killefer – yet another has been revealed. Ron Kirk, Obama’s nomination for U.S. Trade Representative, owes an estimated $10,000 in back taxes.
The tax obligations, which were revealed by the Senate Finance Committee, are related to Kirk’s handling of speaking fees and for entertainment deductions.
Kirk failed to report to income that he received for speaking fees because he donated the fees to his alma mater, Austin College. He apparently assumed that it would be a “wash” due to the charitable deduction but it was not. The difference is a whopping $5,800.
Does Anyone In DC Pay Their Taxes? | taxgirl
Some of these cover more than one person...not sure of the final count....want more ?
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