More than 279,000 federal employees, including members of the military, collectively owed approximately $3.42 billion in unpaid taxes as of Sept. 25, 2010, up 3.26 percent from the prior year, according to a recently released report from the Internal Revenue Service.
The annual Federal Employee/Retiree Delinquency Inventory showed that among them are 36 aides to President Obama, according to ABC News, who collectively owed $833,970.
Congress too had its share of tax delinquents, with 217 employees at the Senate owing a total of $2,134,501, while 467 employees at the House owed $8,535,974.
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The U.S. Postal Service was the agency with the most employees with delinquent taxes. There 25,640 employees owed close to $270 million, according to Washington, D.C., radio station WTOP. The military came came next, with 29,482 members of the active duty milirary owing over $111 million, and 31,299 members of the military reserve and National Guard owing $228,836,638.
At the Environmental Protection Agency, 413 people owed $19,473,477, while at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., 185 employees owed $3,155,313.
At the Treasury Department, home of the IRS, 1,181 employees had delinquent taxes amounting to $9,303,278. At the Justice Department, 2,069 employees owed $17,662,076 in back taxes. Five employees at the U.S. Tax Court owed $62,508.
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This issue has been reported here & other places for a long time now. With each new report on this issue, the only thing that's different is that the amount owed gets increasingly larger.
Employees of the U.S. government are paid the highest salaries in the world, and they also receive perks and the best of benefits. Yet, these employees pay no taxes, nor are they required to pay taxes. Since the amount owed keeps growing, there's no evidence of threatening letters or other collection attempts by the IRS. Clearly, not only are government employees exempt from paying taxes - but they are also are exempt from all aspects of the atrocious Health Care Bill. They force us to comply with rules that they made to benefit themselves.
It's US vs. THEM. Theirs is a world that rewards cheating, corruption & lawlessness even as they use subterfuge & trickery to force payment for their misdeeds on we the people. Soon, this levy will break. And you won't see water when this levy breaks.
At this point no one should be listening to or regurgitating the lies and propaganda issued by the U.S. Government and/or its ever-compliant corporate media. It's all a bunch of senseless brouhaha that only fools would rely on. Same for the bevy of reasons the IRS has used to justify delays in tax refunds owed to U.S. taxpayers (that actually should not have been paid to the government in the first place).
Look, this government is trillions of dollars in debt and fraudulent practices unite the banks that support this government. When it concerns money, why should we believe anything told to us by the IRS or any of the other countless government agencies? Perhaps the answer is a simple one: if only we could just think for ourselves, put two-and-two together - and come up with an answer that just makes good, common sense.
Maybe the IRS had no choice in the matter in that lack of money prompted the tax refund delays. It's laughable if not scary to think that current payroll tax installments just might be funding the government's accrued tax liability. It's possible, definitely possible.
Posted by: a.mockery | February 6, 2012 4:31 PM
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Lenore and Tazman1963 said it as well as I could have. Agree totally with both of them.
Posted by: HWilsonCPA | January 31, 2012 10:00 AM
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And this is just Federal employees; wonder what this number grows to if you add in state and local?!
Posted by: apswenson | January 30, 2012 12:38 PM
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"Inquiring minds" want to know the names of the aids of Pres. Obama who never paid their "just share" of income taxes. I hope the Treasury Secretary and his "Oracle" adviser are not one of them, otherwise that would be very embarassing, indeed for the President who is always castigating the "1%" for not paying their just share.
Posted by: Linor34b | January 30, 2012 9:41 AM
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PAYROLL DEDUCT IT FROM THEM, BEFORE THEY QUIT. WHAT'S THE MYSTERY. IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR IF YOU OWE MONEY TO A COMPANY BECAUSE OF WHATEVER REASON THEY SEND YOU A LITTLE NOTE AND THEN THEY DEDUCT THE BILL OVER TIME IF IT'S BIG OR ALL AT ONCE IF NOT. IF THE FEDERAL EMPLOYEE DOESN'T LIKE IT THEY SHOULD HAVE OPENED AND ANSWERED A LEAST ONE OF THE NUMERIOUS IRS LETTERS THEY HAVE RECEIVED OVER THE YEARS. JUST PAY THE BILL !!! MOST FEDERAL EMPLOYEES MAKE DOUBLE WHAT THE PRIVATE SECTOR MAKES, PAY YOUR DAMN BILL !!! FROM A PISSED OFF TAX ACCOUNTANT
Posted by: tazman1963 | January 30, 2012 9:37 AM
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I agree with Lenore
Posted by: G Chokshi | January 30, 2012 9:05 AM
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This is a sin. And all we see is how the Service is coming down on all taxpayers????
It should be a manatory pay reduction just like child support!!!
Further you should not be allowed to hold office in this country in any branch of the government when you owe tax unless you are under a payment plan.
I have been saying this for years - bout time it is getting big recognition.
And NO government contracts should be given to companies that owe payroll taxes which Accounting Today has pointed out several times.
Posted by: Lenore | January 30, 2012 8:07 AM
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