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You naughty, naughty Fed workers...tsk, tsk. Now off to bed with no supper!
I have to say, this is a delicious headline. I wish I would have thought of it!
The only problem here is that none of us should be surprised or taken-aback by this discovery. Let’s be real, Obama is famous for having tax cheaters in his cabinet or closely thereto. It’s a public joke that has lost its laugh.
Speaking as a private citizen, I know what it is to owe taxes to the government. It stinks. The government does not relent. They will not stop until they gets they money, no sirree. I sincerely doubt that any of these federal yahoos are being pestered by the IRS.
Yes, every President, no matter who they were, had workers on the Federal payroll that weren’t exactly up-and-up when it came to paying taxes. This isn’t actually about Obama being a bad president. (Not this time, anyways. Stop back again. I’m sure I’ll have something posted about that.) No, this is about irresponsibility and the lack of accountability when people get a job with the Federal government.
Am I making the blanket statement that ALL Federal employees are tax cheats? Of course not, don’t be daft. But when the AP, (Yes, the Associated Press), actually writes a piece about a 3 billion dollar shortfall in tax payments from Federal employees, you really kinda have to pay attention. Bottom line: Pay your freaking taxes, idiots. You owe our wonderful government 3 billion, (with a B), dollars. Now pony-up or pay the consequences. You’re making yourselves look like nincompoops.
From AP
WASHINGTON – Federal workers owed the government more than $3 billion in back income taxes in 2008, just as federal tax revenues started to suffer from the recession.
More than 276,000 federal employees and retirees owed back income taxes as of Sept. 30, 2008, according to data from the Internal Revenue Service. The $3.04 billion owed was up from $2.7 billion owed by federal employees and retirees in 2007.
Among cabinet agencies, the Department of Housing and Urban Development had the highest delinquency rate, at just over 4 percent. The Treasury Department, which includes the IRS, had the lowest delinquency rate, at 0.98 percent.
Overall, the 9.7 million federal workers included in the data had a delinquency rate of about 2.9 percent.
“It’s not right for a few to shirk their obligations, and it’s especially offensive that these tax delinquencies come from federal employees and contractors,” said Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, the top Republican on the Senate Finance Committee.
The IRS doesn’t provide a comparable delinquency rate for income taxes paid by the public. The nation’s overall compliance rate, which includes taxes paid by small businesses and corporations, has hovered around 85 percent for decades, according to IRS statistics.
Most residents who owe back income taxes file returns but cannot pay the full amount at tax time, said IRS spokesman Anthony Burke. Others have their tax bills increased through audits and cannot pay the higher bill.
The statistics on federal employees do not include those who are on payment plans. The IRS doesn’t publicize the data, but makes it available upon request. The data was first reported by Washington radio station WTOP.
The recession has put a big dent in federal tax receipts. Individual income tax receipts for the fiscal year that ended in September were down about 20 percent from the year before.
