The latest Obama administration nominee with tax troubles is Ron Kirk, the President’s choice to be U.S. trade representative. Kirk owes an estimated $10,000 in back taxes from earlier in the decade and has agreed to pay them. He has also agreed to file an amended tax return this week

According to reports, the former Dallas mayor failed to list speaking fees as income because he paid them directly to support a scholarship fund. He should have listed the income on his tax returns and claimed them as charitable donations.

Recently, it was disclosed that treasury pick Tim Geithner owed $34,000 in back taxes and interest on income he made while working for the International Monetary Fund. And former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle withdrew as a nominee to Health and Human Services Secretary after it was disclosed that he failed to pay $128,000 in taxes, while Nancy Killefer, Obama’s pick for chief performance officer, also bowed out amid tax problems.

With so many high profile people to making headlines with their IRS problems, it reminds us that 1 in 6 (or about 16%) of the taxpaying public has tax problems.  And in this challenging economy, I expect the more people will be needing tax help.

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