Another Obama Nominee Has Tax Issues
(CBS)
In the letter, which was sent to senators and dated today, Sebelius wrote that she had made changes related to charitable contributions, business expenses and the sale of a home, according to the AP.
The wire service reports that she and her husband paid just over $7,000 in back taxes, along with $878 in interest, for the years 2005-2007.
Tom Daschle, the president's first HHS nominee, previously withdrew from consideration over tax issues, as did chief performance officer nominee Nancy Killefer.
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, US Trade Representative Ron Kirk and Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, meanwhile, were confirmed despite issues related to their taxes.
UPDATE, 6:37 PM: CBS News has obtained Sebelius' letter to the Senate Finance Committee. She writes in it that she and her husband hired a Certified Public Accountant to review their returns after her nomination and that the CPA uncovered the errors, after which they amended their returns.
On the charitable contributions front, she writes that she could not locate three acknowledgment letters out of her 49 charitable contributions in excess of $250, and thus eliminated those three deductions.
She also writes that she had "insufficient documentation" for some of her tax dedications for business expenses, though because of the Alternative Minimum Tax they did not affect the amount owed. She also said she mistakenly paid off a home loan that included deductable mortgage interest.
Senator Max Baucus, who chairs the Finance Committee, released a letter backing Sebelius almost immediately after the tax issues came out.
“There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that Governor Sebelius has the political experience, determination, and bipartisan work ethic to get the job done with Congress this year," he said. "She’s the right person for the job and I look forward to hearing from her at the Finance Committee’s hearing on Thursday.”
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her husband is a judge. she is the governor of KS and was the insurance commissioner of KS before running for governor. These people hire other people to do their taxes AND those they hire know how far to push the line before it is considered tax evasion. As with all of the other tax evaders obama is picking, sebelius knew and knows. This is reality.
what riles me is if John McCain had won and came up against these issues the media would be all over him like white on rice. Hmmm perhaps the media needs to be audited.
oh yes, while she had her nose up his butt, she allowed the financial aspects of KS to go down the tube. She has done nothing for the state. her first edict when she was first elected? - to give illegals tuition assistance for college - sounds like a person who really has the health of the state in mind, doesn't it? she is a perfect candidate for obama's band of merry tax evaders.
Hopefully there has to be someone left on the hill that has any integrity and honor and will put a stop to these thugs being able to become obama's czars (henchmen) and cabinet members. Wake up America - light a fire under your representatives and senators. It is not too late.
God Bless America and may she always be free.
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Posted by davicar2
The democrats would never forgive these tax evaders if they were repiblicans. This is typical of the double standard which exists in America. When the republicans complain, it is sour grapes. When the democrats complain, it is ok.
Posted by grabandgo...Correction. Its OK to be a tax cheat if you work for any administration.
Its ok buddy, you will come up with a good excuse soon.
My advise is to only put one fact at a time so it does not look too pathetic!
Hang in there lefters you will hit on it soon.
Posted by rickwar98 at 4:48 AM : Apr 1, 2009
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Ignorance is no excuse. Sorry
"she and her husband hired a Certified Public Accountant to review their returns after her nomination and that the CPA uncovered the errors, after which they amended their returns."
With everything going on a smart move.
"she could not locate three acknowledgment letters out of her 49 charitable contributions in excess of $250, and thus eliminated those three deductions."
Nobody here has ever misplaced or lost documentation?
"she mistakenly paid off a home loan that included deductable mortgage interest. "
Thay would work in her favor.
Consider this from the IRS:
Nearly 10,000,000 minor corrections are made by the IRS each year to tax returns
Nearly 20% of paper returns contain errors each year
Nearly 8,000, 000 WRONG answers are given out by the IRS each year.
About 50% of tax returns contain errors either minor or major.
In a recent survey of tax questions fully 46% of CPA's gave the wrong answer.
Iown 3 businesses, have an MBA, do our corporate taxes (have for years) am certified tax preparer with our state with educational requirements each year. When I'm done I have a local CPA look over the taxes, there are always adjustments and even after that we've had minor adjustments and some questions over the years with the IRS.
So if you think it's so easy how about having us look at your tax returns right wingers?
.........But you can be darn sure that if she was a Bush nominee the word "Republican" would be printed several times.
Welcome to NAZI America.................
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