On the condition of Anonymity a top Aide to President Obama stated, early this morning, that Tom Daschle will withdraw his name from nomination for Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Health and Human Services secretary nominee Daschles tax issues continues to expose themselves like an onion. Following President Obama's nomination it was shortly reviled that Former Senator Daschle had some tax issues that caused him to quickly correct a tax violations, voluntarily paying $101,943 in back taxes plus interest. He quickly also amended his Tax forms for the years 2005 and 2007.
These tax issues were based on a gift of transportation that could have been overlooked by the nominee. Upon learning of the tax liability he quickly corrected the mistake. Admittedly this tax liability issue could have been an honest mistake by the nominee. The talking points on the issue seemed to emphasis the honest mistake on the nominees part and was quickly put to rest. The main stream media dominated this component of the tax liability and most Americans, knowing the complexity of some of the tax law, appeared to give Senator Daschle a quick pass on the subject.
Late yesterday, a few other tax issues arose including $83,333 in consulting income that Daschle failed to report in 2007. While the main stream media was focusing on the obscure components of the tax code, they failed to bring up that Mr. Daschle received funds for speaking engagements that other activities that he failed to add as income to his tax forms. Most Americans are aware that Income is income which shortly made Nominee Daschles plight for forgiveness and his desire to be confirmed as the Health and Human Services Secretary a little shaky. To add insult to injury, most of this income came from Health organizations. The very sector of the Government he will be asked to maintain oversight and implement legislation.
The next issue that pealed away from the onion revealed that Senator Daschle had identified certain charitable donations that did not qualify by the internal Revenue Service as meeting the criteria as such. So $14,963 he had deducted as charity where not so based on IRS criteria.
While one can give Nominee Daschle a passon the automobile use that he questioned if it was considered income, there is little doubt that he was attempting to short the United States Government the tax liability associated with the Income he received from consulting and his attempting to take a charitablr deductions by entities that do not qualify by the IRS as charitable contributions.
Based upon the newly reveled information. The Obama Administration has withdrawn it's full support from Nominee Daschle and Close Aides are saying that Daschle will be no longer be the HHS nominee with in the next 24-48 hours.
Health and Human Services secretary nominee Daschles tax issues continues to expose themselves like an onion. Following President Obama's nomination it was shortly reviled that Former Senator Daschle had some tax issues that caused him to quickly correct a tax violations, voluntarily paying $101,943 in back taxes plus interest. He quickly also amended his Tax forms for the years 2005 and 2007.
These tax issues were based on a gift of transportation that could have been overlooked by the nominee. Upon learning of the tax liability he quickly corrected the mistake. Admittedly this tax liability issue could have been an honest mistake by the nominee. The talking points on the issue seemed to emphasis the honest mistake on the nominees part and was quickly put to rest. The main stream media dominated this component of the tax liability and most Americans, knowing the complexity of some of the tax law, appeared to give Senator Daschle a quick pass on the subject.
Late yesterday, a few other tax issues arose including $83,333 in consulting income that Daschle failed to report in 2007. While the main stream media was focusing on the obscure components of the tax code, they failed to bring up that Mr. Daschle received funds for speaking engagements that other activities that he failed to add as income to his tax forms. Most Americans are aware that Income is income which shortly made Nominee Daschles plight for forgiveness and his desire to be confirmed as the Health and Human Services Secretary a little shaky. To add insult to injury, most of this income came from Health organizations. The very sector of the Government he will be asked to maintain oversight and implement legislation.
The next issue that pealed away from the onion revealed that Senator Daschle had identified certain charitable donations that did not qualify by the internal Revenue Service as meeting the criteria as such. So $14,963 he had deducted as charity where not so based on IRS criteria.
While one can give Nominee Daschle a passon the automobile use that he questioned if it was considered income, there is little doubt that he was attempting to short the United States Government the tax liability associated with the Income he received from consulting and his attempting to take a charitablr deductions by entities that do not qualify by the IRS as charitable contributions.
Based upon the newly reveled information. The Obama Administration has withdrawn it's full support from Nominee Daschle and Close Aides are saying that Daschle will be no longer be the HHS nominee with in the next 24-48 hours.
