Hmmmm... I was paid Per diem for the Nintendo World Tour.
It does in fact show up as "Income", but if I remember correctly it was listed as "non-Taxable" Income, and I did not pay Taxes on it. On Oct 5, 1:16 am, "mike532 [ Republicans for Obama ]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Palin failed to pay taxes on her per diem payments > In an overview of Sarah Palin's tax returns for 2006 and 2007, which > she has finally released, the Associated Press reports that Palin > neglected to pay the taxes due on $17,000 she received in per diem > payments as Governor of Alaska. A McCain campaign official claims, > falsely, that Palin owed no taxes on those > payments.http://www.unbossed.com/index.php?itemid=2325 > Sarah Palin makes $125,000 a year as Alaska governor. Plus, since she > took the job in December 2006, she hasn't paid taxes on the more than > $17,000 she received in controversial per diem payments for working > out of the family's lakeside home in Wasilla... > > Regarding the per diem dispute, [McCain-Palin spokeswoman Maria] > Comella said Juneau is the governor's home base and therefore whenever > she works elsewhere, she is entitled to charge the state. Comella > contended the per diem payments are not taxable. > > [Former IRS commissioner Sheldon] Cohen said it was fine for the state > of Alaska to determine it was okay to reimburse Palin to work out of > her home, but the state's decision didn't mean those benefits were not > taxable by the federal government. "One has nothing to do with the > other," said Cohen. > > It's very clear that taxes were due on these per diems. This is tax > evasion by Sarah Palin, pure and simple. It doesn't quite rise to the > level of Richard Nixon's utter failure to pay any taxes for a few > years while he was president. But what a standard to be flirting with. > > Palin's per diems are themselves controversial. She billed the state > of Alaska nearly $17,000 for 312 nights she spent at her house in > Wasilla. Because the governor has a mansion in Juneau and is supposed > to reside and work there (though she is in fact absent far more than > she's present in the capital), she may be permitted technically under > state regulations to claim a per diem for lodging while she's staying > at her own home. But it looks pretty cynical to claim to be a reformer > while seeking payments for living at home. That's particularly true > since Palin also billed the state to fly her husband and children > around the state, to the tune of more than $43,000. Once Palin brought > one of her daughters with her at great expense to a Women and > Leadership conference in New York City, where they stayed in an > extremely luxurious hotel. > > Asked Monday about the official policy on charging for children's > travel expenses, [Alaska state finance director Kim] Garnero said: "We > cover the expenses of anyone who's conducting state business. I can't > imagine kids could be doing that." > > But [Palin's spokeswoman Sharon] Leighow said many of the hundreds of > invitations Palin receives include requests for her to bring her > family, placing the definition of "state business" with the party > extending the invitation. > > The revelations about her per diems suggest that Palin plays fast and > loose with rules in order to enrich herself. The same impression is > given by the AP's analysis of Palin's tax returns. She and her husband > have managed to take so many deductions, some seemingly dubious, that > they've avoided paying taxes on much of their income. > > For the 2007 tax year, Todd Palin's self-employment brought him > $66,893 in gross receipts — $49,893 from fishing and $17,000 from > snowmachine racing. But, the returns show, he claimed so many > deductions that he reported only $15,513 net profit from the fishing > operation and claimed a $9,639 loss from his racing, leaving him with > an overall net income of only $5,874. > > Those deductions enabled the Palins, who have four dependent children, > to enjoy a 15 percent tax rate for 2007 and a rate of less than 10 > percent for 2006. > > This family, with assets worth between about 1 and 2 million dollars, > is not struggling just to get by. Instead, it's working to figure out > every angle it can exploit. > > I have to say I've been awaiting the day when Palin's tax returns were > released, expecting that it would turn out that she'd neglected to pay > taxes on her controversial per diems. She did not fail to disappoint. > > Sarah-Palin > tax-evasion > Richard-Nixon --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
