Apparently Geitner and Daschle don't "have people"

[underpants]

:eyes::crazy::eyes:

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[Blue_In_AK]

1. I gotta say

I don't have much sympathy for these guys. Surely they can afford an accountant if they're too busy to do their taxes themselves. I don't like having tax cheats on Obama's cabinet.

[DJ13]

2. This kind of makes me wonder if most everyone making good money

...are tax cheats, regardless of party affiliation.

[Blue Dog Dominion]

4. The problem with their mistakes

Is that they are minor, but since they make an order of magnitude compared to most people their "mistakes" are more than most people make NET.

[hedgehog]

3. I can understand not knowing that getting a ride from someone is taxable.

On one level, what Daschle did was like one of my daughter's friend bumming a ride home after practice. On the other hand, I'm trying to figure out how getting picked up in a chauffeured Cadillac is worth so much that the tax on it is $100,000!We're not getting the entire story here, folks!

[terisan]

5. I hadn't caught that -- is it a round the clock service?

The guy he consults for was part of the old Global Crossing financial scandal in the dot com crash.

[Historic NY]

7. Its a vehicle provided for personal use in addition to work...

http://www.payroll-taxes.com/articles/vehiclepersonal.html

If the vehicle is also used for personal use in addition to employment the time it is used for personal use is a taxable fringe benefit.

[Historic NY]

6. They used that cheap on-line turbo tax version.