Federal Employees Owe $1 Billion In Back Taxes - $9.3 Million Of It On Capitol Hill (party affiliation, Congress)

[LauraC]

"The average unpaid tax bill is $12,787 among the Senate's delinquent taxpayers and $15,498 among those working in the House. The IRS data does not identify delinquent taxpayers by name, party affiliation or job title and does not indicate whether any members of Congress are among the scofflaws. It shows 638 employees, or about 4 percent, of the 18,000 Hill workers owe money, a slightly higher percentage than the 3 percent delinquency rate among all returns filed nationwide."

washingtonpost.com



Here's the breakdown by department:

Federal workers who owed money to the IRS in 2009 - The Washington Post

Notice 1,204 people in the Treasury Department (where the IRS resides) owed back taxes in 2009.

[delusianne]

Agree, it's disgusting. Greedy rodents.

That article references another useful site, Legistorm.

LegiStorm: Transparency's Sidekick - Congressional Staff Salaries and More

[Fists o Fury]

start levying fines daily, charge interest rates the same as credit cards, you'll see these rats pay.

[lifelongMOgal]

Originally Posted by Fists o Fury

start levying fines daily, charge interest rates the same as credit cards, you'll see these rats pay.

Plain and simple, garnish their wages for the back taxes + interest. Timmy Geithner owes interest too. He was let off the hook. Make the cheat pay!

The sooner we get away from "income tax" and go to an across the board consumption tax the sooner the corruption will be cleaned up.

[Frank DeForrest]

That's our ruling class.
Do as we say, not as we do.

[lifelongMOgal]

Originally Posted by Frank DeForrest

That's our ruling class.
Do as we say, not as we do.

Yeah, kind of like that little thing they did writing themselves out of the compulsory Obamacare.

[delusianne]

Originally Posted by lifelongMOgal

Yeah, kind of like that little thing they did writing themselves out of the compulsory Obamacare.

Why would they use subsidized health care for low income people?

They already use the federal employees' health care exchange, as do hundreds of thousands of other fed employees, to access regular insurance companies.

[LNTT_Vacationer]

Originally Posted by lifelongMOgal

Yeah, kind of like that little thing they did writing themselves out of the compulsory Obamacare.

ha. these clowns can't manage their own taxes better than the average citizen and yet some are so eager to hand off the management of their personal healthcare.

[Quick Enough]

Now that you all have gotten you hate out, lets look at the details. The article lists the number of people who owe taxes. Question, how many federal employees are there in total?

I'll bet on average they are no more or less than the US average.

I was a federal worker and I owed every year. Before I became a federal worker I owed every year. I always filled for an extension.

Looks another Wash. Post hit piece to me.

[sanrene]

41 Obama White House aides owe the IRS $831,000 in back taxes -- and they're not alone | Top of the Ticket | Los Angeles Times

41 Obama White House aides owe the IRS $831,000 in back taxes -- and they're not alone

But we do know that as of the end of 2009, 41 people inside Obama's very own White House owe the government they're allegedly running a total of $831,055 in back taxes. That would cover a lot of special chocolate desserts in the White House Mess.

Taxes for thee, but not for me.

Absolutely disgusting - What great fodder for November.