Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Same Ol' Song and Dance!
Health and Human Services nominee Kathleen Sebelius has corrected three years of tax returns and paid more than $7,000 in back taxes after finding "unintentional errors" -- the latest tax troubles for an Obama administration nominee.
The Kansas governor explained the changes to senators in a letter dated Tuesday that was obtained by The Associated Press. She said they involved charitable contributions, the sale of a home and business expenses.
She and her husband paid a total of $7,040 in back taxes and $878 in interest to amend returns from 2005-2007.
Several Obama administration nominees have been derailed by tax issues, notably the president's first nominee for HHS secretary, former Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle. He withdrew from consideration while apologizing for failing to pay $140,000 in taxes and interest.
Timothy Geithner also faced questions about his failure to pay back taxes before the Senate confirmed him as Obama's treasury secretary. Geithner apologized, saying it was an honest mistake.
And Hilda Solis was confirmed as Obama's labor secretary only after the confirmation process was delayed by news reports that Solis' husband recently had settled unpaid tax liens on his California auto repair business for about $6,400. White House officials said Solis and her husband were not aware of the liens.
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