Health Nominee Sebelius Reveals Tax Troubles and $7,000 in Back Tax Debt
Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, Obama’s pick to head the Department of Health and Human Services, did not pay $7,040 in taxes between 2005 and 2007. She paid the back taxes and penalty after they were identified.
In addition to Sebelius, five other Obama administration nominees have come under fire for unpaid taxes including Tom Daschle and Timothy F. Geithner. Labor secretary Hilda L. Solis had to answer questions about $6,400 in tax liens against her husband’s business.
Former Treasury official Nancy Killefer, whom Obama tapped to be the administration’s chief procurement officer, withdrew after acknowledging she had not paid employment taxes for a household worker. And in early March, the he Obama’s choice to be U.S. trade representative Ron Kirk was reported to owe almost $10,000 in back taxes.
The Los Angeles Times reports:
Sebelius’ tax bill stemmed from insufficient documentation of charitable donations and mistakes in deducting mortgage interest, the governor explained in a letter to the chairman and ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee.
It was not immediately clear how the disclosure would affect her prospects for Senate confirmation to the Cabinet post. Her unpaid taxes were substantially smaller than those of former Sen. Tom Daschle, who was forced to withdraw as Obama’s Health and Human Services nominee in February after it was disclosed that he had failed to pay more than $128,000 in taxes.
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