EXCLUSIVE: Trump officials feel 'betrayed' after getting slapped with thousands in unexpected back t

[diehardblue]

Former Trump administration officials feel shocked and betrayed after discovering they owe the federal government thousands of dollars in unpaid taxes.

More than a dozen former officials say they had not received any warning prior that they would be responsible for paying back the government in full, with bills ranging from just under $1,100 in some cases to just over $1,500 in others.

The Washington Examiner conducted interviews on the subject with individuals who, in 2020, worked at the White House or a number of executive branch agencies, including the departments of Agriculture, Defense, Homeland Security, Housing and Urban Development, Treasury, and the Small Business Administration. Some officials received notices directly from the Office of the Administration within the White House, while others were alerted by the agencies they previously worked for, claiming they must pay upward of $1,000 within 30 days of the post-marked date. The earliest date an official who spoke with the Washington Examiner was notified of the back taxes was in the first week of April, while the latest was on May 18. The notices were distributed both by mail and email.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/exclusive-trump-officials-feel-betrayed-after-getting-slapped-with-thousands-in-unexpected-back-taxes/ar-BB1gUE1h?li=BBorjTa&ocid=mailsignout

[Comfortably_Numb]

1. Maybe they can ask the mayor of Mal a Lardo if he will cover them!

[empedocles]

4. mal a lardo

[Baitball Blogger]

2. I can hear him now. They want more than $750! No taxation without representation!

[Champp]

3. Lie down with treasonous, slimeball republiQon dogs, get up with tax fleas

I suppose that's the moral of the story here, though I know republiQons DO NOT DO morals.

[Hekate]

5. Are these the same people who did not know their jobs would end when Joe got sworn in?

Only the best people.

[empedocles]

6. Those 'cons may decide to pay up, rather than risk further investigation soon

[Blue Owl]

7. To say that Fat Donny has a little tax problem would be an understatement...

[Deminpenn]

8. Reality is 1,000-1,500 dollars is a pittance

to complain about.

[DBoon]

10. especially for these folks

None of them have to worry how they will pay the rent.

[spooky3]

9. Gee, maybe their former guy should have allowed better transition coordination.

Maybe an alternative plan could have been developed. At least they might have received more notice.

[Ms. Toad]

11. Gee . . . who could have predicted this.

(I did.)

I feel sorry for any individuals caught up in this disastrous trick to make people think they got a tax cut (to encourage them to vote for Trump), when it was really only a deferral. I think, ultimately, most employers decided not to implement the tax deferral, I'm pretty sure my co-worker's husband got caught as a federal employee.

[erronis]

12. Not reading the msn or Wash Examiner rag article. This sounds bogus. $1,500 is pittance in for tax

amounts owed.

I'm betting many "contractors" for the trumpies owe in the 100,000s not including penalties and interest. They are the types that don't believe in funding a working government.

The "smarter" ones may have salted away their cash payments and ruble IOUs off-shore and think they are scot-free. Don't be so sure, Bannon and others.

[RegularJam]

17. I don't think $1500 is a pittance for a staffer.

That is who would have been most impacted by the tax deferment.

[SWBTATTReg]

13. Morons. Like the vast majority of us 'regular' Americans, when you receive income of any kind,

you pay taxes on it (or will have to pay taxes on it). What made them think that they wouldn't pay any taxes on this money? Are they really that stupid (yes, yes, I know, YES, they ARE that STUPID...smh)...

[not fooled]

14. They thought red don would become "president for life"

and eliminate all those evil, confiscatory taxes.

He did promise to make permanent the Social Security-wrecking payroll tax deferral.

[llashram]

15. please

this is a bullshit pittance compared to say the 80million that went missing in the inauguration fund...that daughter Ivanka had control of. This is bullshit!!!

[RegularJam]

18. Yes, the tax deferment was bullshit.

Not a good way to support most of these positions being discussed.

[Buns_of_Fire]

16. $1500 is a Grand Betrayal? Poor, poor little snowflakes. nt

[NCjack]

19. What are these Recons doing? These should have retired

and fled to the west coast of Mexico in March. By now, they could have been in a hammock and sucking down some Mexican socialism.

[live love laugh]

20. Let me pull out my teeny tiny violin 🎻