Guess Which Governor Owes Back Taxes?

I think that this tax thing is a worm that will turn many times. If I were a politician, I'd be very wary of nabbing anyone in the opposition for taxes. Guess that's one of the reasons I'd never make a good politico. I'm just not enough of a hypocrite.

Where's the [ beat your head against the desk ] emote when you need it? Alaska isn't far enough for this lady to go away... Somebody launch her into orbit! Better yet...lets give her the honor of being the first woman to set foot on the sun.

“At the Governor’s request, we reviewed the situation to determine whether we were in full compliance with the pertinent Internal Revenue Service regulations,” Kreitzer wrote. “As a result of this review, we determined that per diem needs to be treated as income, requiring a revision of W-2 forms for any affected employees.” At least she didn't try to weasle out of it like a few others. But if she owes, she owes and needs to pay up, though it looks like she is attempting to do so of her own accord. That being said. Annie, your a smart (if not ocd) person. When the h-e-double hocky sticks are you going to get your head out of the Democrat/Republican sand? they're the same damnn party

Annie, I knew all of the die hard repubs on this board would jump on this one and try to protect poor Sarah. I think you opened a can of worms and they are all crawling out.

If she owes taxes she should pay them. All those politicians who owe taxes should pay them. Have any of the others paid theirs? Which one of them will step up to the plate first and do the right thing? Charlie Rangel is still playing the clueless act. And what exactly prompted them to check out Sarah Palin? Anyone else I'd shrug it off but the way they've gone after her reminds me of how the republicans went after Clinton to find every piece of dirt they could.

She charged 17,000 for meals? That's more than I make in a year!

“At the Governor’s request, we reviewed the situation to determine whether we were in full compliance with the pertinent Internal Revenue Service regulations,” Kreitzer wrote. “As a result of this review, we determined that per diem needs to be treated as income, requiring a revision of W-2 forms for any affected employees.” Since this was done at her request it is CLEARLY not tax evasion like that committed by Geithner and Daschle. So long as she pays her taxes immediately, and I'm sure she will, there will be no problem. To me this appears to be her working hard to make sure everything is on the up and up. I'm quite proud of her going out of her way to make sure she is paying her taxes properly. "Under IRS guidelines, legislators receive tax-free payments to help with living expenses while in Juneau for the legislative session — if their home is at least 50 miles away, Varni said." As you can see by this, there is ample reason for her to believe that the payments would be tax free. She was likely unaware that she had to be within 50 miles of Juneau which is why it's good that she reviewed the situation. The examples you used like talking with former Senator Dole, photo ops, and giving interviews could easily be considered business expenses. I'm sure other governors and senators bill taxpayers for the same thing. Hey Sen. Sherrod billed the taxpayers something like $300,000 to fly on Airforce One so he could hurry and sign a bill he hadn't read.

What would you expect of her, she was too busy getting all of the perks that she could grab, a governor has to pay taxes? Not me I'm Sarah Palin. I looks like several of the republican governors have decided to take their share of the stimulus package after all. She'll probably follow suit.

Well comparing they just changed her W-2's to reflect her new income amount sure she owes back taxes on that. She better pay them too. What is wrong with the gov. mansion? They pay her this perdiam because she chooses to live in her own house instead of the gov. mansion. That is her choice of course. But I am just wondering. IF the she lived in the mansion the tax payers would be paying for the everything(meals, electrity, etc) and she woud not see a bill for anything. But because she has decided to live in her own house during her terms as gov. she gets a per diam to make up for what is not covered by living at home. Her house is basically the gov. mansion now. although I have heard it is not a mansion. So she works there a lot. Has she ever said why she wants to live at home instead? Maybe it was to keep things more normal for the kids or something. Alaska is now considering that money income and that is why she has to pay taxes on it. But I am a little puzzled about that. Would it have been income if she had lived in the mansion and the money would have been paid by the state directly to those things? I do not think it would. But I have never been gov. I really do not know. I do think it should be a matter of public record. No matter who it is. I am still wondering why we are paying for Pelosi't trip to Italy and why we are also paying for her guests (Martin Luther King's Children). All of them are very rich. This country is broke. Can't they pay for their own vacations?

Kansas just stopped giving back taxes.