Palin Ordered To Pay Back Taxes

Topics: Republicans

(AP)

This post was written by Igor Kossov.

Alaska officials on Wednesday ruled that Alaska governor and former GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin must pay back taxes to the IRS.

The exact amount the governor must pay is not yet known, but the Associated Press estimates she owes taxes on more than $17,000 in per-diem expenses.

State employees who live more than 50 miles away from Alaska's capital, Juneau, are entitled to state aid in the form of per-diem payments. Juneau is approximately 600 miles from Palin's home town of Wasilla, making the governor eligible for the payments.

But before she accepted the vice presidential nomination, Palin charged the state for over 300 nights spent in her Wasilla home, not the governor's mansion in Juneau. Her expenses usually amounted to $60 per day.

On Wednesday, Alaska state officials decided that the per-diem expenses should be counted as taxable income. Palin's spokesman, Bill McAllister, said the governor would pay the taxes.

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by credibility2 February 19, 2009 6:41 PM EST: I'm sure she won't try and ignore this and will pay the back taxes, unlike some of the other politicians who ignored that they owed taxes and continued lying about it.; Reply to this comment


by drputt45 February 19, 2009 6:35 PM EST: So, what cabinet is she going to be appointed to?; Reply to this comment


by Slrman-21001573651763300012869 February 19, 2009 4:16 PM EST: OK Neocons, let's hear you attack this moron Republican the same as you attacked Obama's appointments who had similar (but smaller) tax problems. Or is it just a "simple error" when it's one of your own? What a bunch of hypocrites!; Reply to this comment


by mattcat25 February 19, 2009 3:48 PM EST: "I believe that everyone should pay taxez, but that wouldn't be realistic"

"TAAAAAAD!"

"do ya think you kin sell yer snow machine to maybe Lance Armstrong??"

"oh gad."; Reply to this comment


by dave_p5 February 19, 2009 3:37 PM EST: Say it ain't so Sarah...; Reply to this comment


by mattcat25 February 19, 2009 1:21 PM EST: TAXEZ!???

REPUBICANS DON%u2019T PAY TAXEZ DON%u2019T YA KNOW%u2026; Reply to this comment


by cariboubarbi February 19, 2009 12:50 PM EST: "McCain knows, in his gut, that he put somebody unqualified on the ballot. He knows that in his gut, and when this race is over that is something he will have to live with... He put somebody unqualified on that ballot and he put the country at risk, he knows that." %u2015Matthew Dowd, former chief strategist for President Bush's 2004 reelection campaign.

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by cariboubarbi February 19, 2009 12:48 PM EST: "She's not prepared to be governor. How can she be prepared to be vice president or president? Look at what she's done to this state. What would she do to the nation?" Alaska State Senate President Lyda Green, who is a Republican.

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by cariboubarbi February 19, 2009 12:47 PM EST: Top Ten Sarah Palin Excuses For Spending $150,000 On Clothes:

"Need to look good for the Russians who can see me in Alaska"

"The old man spends more on Polident"

"Auditioning to be Paris Hilton's BFF"

"Wanted to impress the American voters in the evening gown competition"

"Maverick, Joe the plumber, maverick, maverick, William Ayers, you betcha!"

"I fell for the liberal retailers' 'gotcha sales tactics'"

"Because the dollar is so weak, it's really like I only spent $50,000"

"Hmm...excuses? I'll find some and I'll get right back to ya!"

"In addition to every newspaper and magazine, I also read every catalog"

"The difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull: lipstick, Prada shoes, a Gucci handbag, and a few $3,000 suits"

lol!; Reply to this comment


by cariboubarbi February 19, 2009 12:44 PM EST: The difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull:

lipstick, Prada shoes, a Gucci handbag, and a few $3,000 suits!

lol!; Reply to this comment