This is even deeper than first reported on Friday:
The report indicates that Daschle’s failure to pay more than $101,000 taxes on the car and driver a wealthy friend let him use from 2005 through 2007 is not the only tax issue the former Senate Majority Leader has been dealing with since his December nomination prompted a more thorough examination of his income tax returns.
Mr. Daschle also didn’t report $83,333 in consulting income in 2007.
The Senate Finance Committee Report also notes that during the vetting process, President Obama’s Transition Team “identified certain donations that did not qualify as charitable deductions because they were not paid to qualifying organizations. Daschle adjusted his contribution deductions on his amended returns for 2005, 2006 and 2007 to remove these amounts and add additional contributions.” This adjustment meant a reduction in the amount he contributed to charitable foundations of $14,963 from 2005 through 2007. With the unreported income from the use of a car service in the amounts of $73,031 in 2005, $89,129 in 2006 and $93,096 in 2007; the unreported consulting income of $83,333 in 2007; and the adjusted reductions in charitable contributions, Daschle adds a total of $353,552 in additional income and reduced donations, meaning an additional tax payment of $128,203, in addition to $11,964 in interest.
On January 2 of this year, Daschle filed amended tax returns to pay the $140,167 in unpaid taxes.
Had Obama’s team not brought it to his attention, Daschle would have gotten away with this…Tell me again why the IRS doesn’t take a closer look at anyone involved in government and consulting..There is nothing illegal about the IRS doing this, and I am sure that they would grow the revenue at a rapid pace!
Ed asks:
“How many Americans make so much money that they could forget about $83,000 of it in a year?”
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And what about this: http://jumpinginpools.blogspot.com/2009/01/us-mint-contemplates-putting-obama-on.html
http://www.mishmashzone.com/2009/02/01/change-one-tax-cheat-in-another-being-considered/
Typical Leftist/Socialist/Democrite Elitist: Tax the rich! Tax the rich!! Tax the rich!!! (except for us)…
What else do you ever expect from a crooks in the whitehouse he is going to surround himself with other fellow crooks THE DEMACROOK PARTY IN WASHINGTON D.C.(DISTRICT OF CRINIMALS)
What an outrage that all these democrats who want to raise our taxes don’t bother to pay their own. Geesh…and all he could say was I’m sorry. Good Golly, what a double standard.
That’s one of the reasons I call them DemoCRITES.
I have a new idea to help the Federal Government bring in badly-needed revenue:
Identify every individual who owes the IRS $1M or more then offer them positions in the Obama Administration. They will have to pay their back taxes to get confirmed and Voila! Problem solved! Money collected!
These political appointments are often mostly perks for cronies and supporters anyway, they don’t do anything useful, so might as well use it as a tool to collect owed revenue!
“Mr. Daschle also didn’t report $83,333 in consulting income in 2007.”
Former Senator Daschle, we are deeply concerned about your failure to report income. It raises serious questions, questions that we need answers to. We have reservations about your appointment…
Jerk! This is a crook and cheat, plain and simple. For years, while he was a Senator, his wife raked in million$ for lobbying, no doubt because of who her husband was.
And this degenerate slimeball doesn’t even want to pay the taxes he imposed on others?
Flush this turd down the toilet along with the other hypocrites.
Right on, Rastafarian, and I am glad to see the use of the term “Democrite”, which I originated several years ago.