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| OMG, Look Who Else Got Their Taxes Wrong! | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Feb 18 2009, 02:55 PM (577 Views) | |
| QuirtEvans | Feb 18 2009, 02:55 PM Post #1 |
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I Owe It All To John D'Oh
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You betcha. http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/02/18/palin-told-to-pay-back-taxes/ |
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| George K | Feb 18 2009, 02:58 PM Post #2 |
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You beat me by 3 minutes. I am reading the story now. Do you think that she'll have to pay up, or will she get the Geithner/Daschle/Emmanuel deal? |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| Mikhailoh | Feb 18 2009, 03:02 PM Post #3 |
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There was some question about whether it was to be treated as income or not, or whether it was part and parcel of being governor. That's a far cry from Geithner not paying taxes on IMF fees. |
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| JoeB | Feb 18 2009, 03:02 PM Post #4 |
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Senior Carp
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Doesn't sound like much of a problem. Here in California, it's standard practice for legislators to collect per diem even while living at home. Since per diem is generally not taxed, I think I might have made the same error (if it actually is an error) she did. The tax code is a complex monstrosity and it's difficult to understand, even for professional tax people. This shouldn't affect her chances in 2012 because people understand the difficulties in interpreting the tax code. Since it appears the Democrats and Obama have taken posession of the financial bailout, her chances of wilnning in 2012 are much better. The primary will be the tough battle. |
| "There are many ingredients in the stew of annoyance." - Bucky Katt | |
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| Mikhailoh | Feb 18 2009, 03:07 PM Post #5 |
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I don't think this tax thing is a big deal, but I cannot see Palin as a presidential candidate or nominee again. I think next time the GOP needs to run a new face like Bobby Jindal. I hope they are smart enough to see it. Don't get me wrong, I like Sarah Palin just fine, but I don't think looking to the past is the way to go. |
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| JoeB | Feb 18 2009, 03:10 PM Post #6 |
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Wrong! This is a thread started by Quirt and we MUST assert that Sarah Palin will be Ms. President, irrespective of our actual beliefs. |
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| brenda | Feb 18 2009, 03:14 PM Post #7 |
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Same here in Minnesooooota. Legislators who live just a few miles from the Capitol take per diems throughout the session, sometimes 6 or 7 days per week, and it is tax free. In 2007, the legislators here raised their per diem amounts in both the House and Senate. In the State Senate, it went from $69 to $96. That's a nice tax-free raise to vote for yourself. The annual per diems per legislator can be as much as their annual salary. |
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| QuantumIvory | Feb 18 2009, 03:29 PM Post #8 |
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Senior Carp
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Now this Bobby I can support.
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"I regard consciousness as fundamental. We cannot get behind consciousness." -Max Planck | |
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| Mikhailoh | Feb 18 2009, 03:32 PM Post #9 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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Hmm. There is a lot of entertainment value in that. I concur. HEY QUIRT! IT WON'T STOP HER FROM BEING PRESIDENT PALIN in 2012!! |
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| apple | Feb 18 2009, 03:40 PM Post #10 |
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one of the angels
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| Sarah Palin | Feb 18 2009, 04:44 PM Post #11 |
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Junior Carp
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It was an honest mistake by my accountants. Really! I'll try to do better by 2012! |
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| QuirtEvans | Feb 18 2009, 04:46 PM Post #12 |
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I Owe It All To John D'Oh
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I didn't follow the Daschle/Emanuel issues, but I'm pretty sure Geithner paid the back taxes. So, what deal you talkin' about? (I'd also bet that Emanuel did, too.) |
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| brenda | Feb 18 2009, 04:53 PM Post #13 |
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Rahm's Rent Issue We'll see how much is made of this. I just heard about it today. |
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| George K | Feb 18 2009, 04:54 PM Post #14 |
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http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/thayer/53871
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| Copper | Feb 18 2009, 05:03 PM Post #15 |
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Shortstop
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Maybe it's time to change the tax code. Celebs and politicians really should not have to pay, it only causes trouble. |
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The Confederate soldier was peculiar in that he was ever ready to fight, but never ready to submit to the routine duty and discipline of the camp or the march. The soldiers were determined to be soldiers after their own notions, and do their duty, for the love of it, as they thought best. Carlton McCarthy | |
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| Renauda | Feb 18 2009, 05:05 PM Post #16 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Imputed income because someone lets you live in their house free of charge? Bizarre. |
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| JBryan | Feb 18 2009, 05:06 PM Post #17 |
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I am the grey one
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We tax EVERYTHING. If a dollar cahnges hands or even if anything that could be valued in dollars changes hands Uncle Sam gets his whack. |
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"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it". Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody. Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore. From The Lion in Winter. | |
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| Renauda | Feb 18 2009, 05:08 PM Post #18 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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It would seem that way. No wonder every second person the US appears to owe back taxes for something or another. |
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| JBryan | Feb 18 2009, 05:10 PM Post #19 |
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I am the grey one
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THe IRS is like and angry black cloud from which lightning could strike at any moment. |
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"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it". Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody. Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore. From The Lion in Winter. | |
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| brenda | Feb 18 2009, 05:11 PM Post #20 |
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I pw3nd you, George, but only by a minute. I'm putting a gold star on my calendar for today.
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| George K | Feb 18 2009, 05:12 PM Post #21 |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| brenda | Feb 18 2009, 05:16 PM Post #22 |
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In this particular case, there may be other issues, too. Again, we'll see where it goes. Here's what the above article has to say.
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| 1hp | Feb 18 2009, 05:18 PM Post #23 |
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Fulla-Carp
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Well, I haven't done the calculation, but I think the taxes on $17,000 will be less than what Geithner didn't pay originally. So, using the Geithner model, Palin is still a saint. Damn her and Geithner goes too. Yup, here it is - Geithner shorted the IRS by $35,000 Geithner's a cheat |
| There are 10 kinds of people in this world, those that understand binary and................ | |
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| Renauda | Feb 18 2009, 05:22 PM Post #24 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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I still don't get it, but then on our tax forms we do not deduct rent or mortgage payments from our income. Here there would be no way the tax department could find out you were receiving free rent unless it was provided to by your employer as an employee benefit. Then would taxable as a monthly source deduction. |
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| JBryan | Feb 18 2009, 05:34 PM Post #25 |
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I am the grey one
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No, your tax forms just have two lines: 1. How much did you make. 2. Send it in. Pretty much like ours but less round-about. |
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"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it". Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody. Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore. From The Lion in Winter. | |
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