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发帖数: 43471 | 1 Biden may owe up to $500k in back taxes, report says
A report indicated that Biden improperly used 'S corporations' to avoid
taxes on speaking fees and book sales
By Michael Lee | Fox News
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President Biden may have improperly avoided paying Medicare taxes before he
took office and could owe the IRS up to $500,000, according to a
Congressional Research Service report.
"Joe Biden wants to raise taxes by $2.1 trillion while claiming the rich
need to pay their ‘fair share.’ But in 2017, multi-millionaire Joe Biden
skirted his payroll taxes — the very taxes that fund Medicare and Obamacare
," said Rep. Jim Banks, who chairs the conservative Republican Study
Committee.
Banks said the report indicated that Biden improperly used "S corporations"
while he and First Lady Jill Biden raked in over $13 million on speaking
fees and book sales in 2017 and 2018, but counted less than $800,000 of it
as a salary that could be taxed for Medicare.
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The story comes as Biden attempts to lead the charge toward passing a $3.5
trillion bill that would help fund childcare, education, and health care. In
order to help pay for the cost of the massive legislation, Biden's plan
calls for targeting tax avoidance while raising taxes on people in high
income brackets who Biden claims don't "pay their fair share."
A draft of the bill includes a provision that would close loopholes similar
to the one Biden used, though the report indicates that Biden would still
owe taxes under the current rules, as well.
The report does not name the president, but it analyzes cases where the IRS
won a judgement against taxpayers who improperly exploited the S
corporations to avoid the Medicare tax.
But when the Bidens released their tax returns during his presidential
campaign, they showed that the couple saved up to $500,000 by avoiding the 3
.8% self-employment tax with the S corporations.
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"As demonstrated by their effective federal tax rate in 2017 and 2018—which
exceeded 33%—the Bidens are committed to ensuring that all Americans pay
their fair share," the Biden campaign said in a statement at the time.
Some experts believe that the IRS does not have the resources to investigate
all the taxpayers who may abuse S corporations to avoid taxes.
"There are millions — literally millions — of S corporations. So there
might be a half a million S corporations that are playing this game," said
John Bogdanski, who served as a member of the IRS Commissioner’s Advisory
Group. "And the IRS doesn’t have anywhere near enough of a budget to bring
a half a million cases every year." |
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