Unpaid Taxes Trip Another Obama Selection
President Obama's selections for top administration posts are tripping over taxes, much to his chagrin.
The latest is Nancy Killefer, who failed for a year and a half to pay employment taxes on household help. She withdrew her candidacy to be the first chief performance officer for the federal government, the White House said today.
Killefer was the second major Obama administration nominee to withdraw and the third to have tax problems complicate their nomination after Obama announced their selection.
The White House said Obama had accepted Killefer's decision and that the 55-year-old executive with consulting giant McKinsey & Co., would explain her reasons for pulling out later Tuesday.
When her selection was announced by Obama on Jan. 7, The Associated Press disclosed that in 2005 the District of Columbia government had filed a $946.69 tax lien on her home for failure to pay unemployment compensation tax on household help.
Since then, administration officials have refused to answer questions about the tax error which she resolved five months after the lien was filed.
The latest is Nancy Killefer, who failed for a year and a half to pay employment taxes on household help. She withdrew her candidacy to be the first chief performance officer for the federal government, the White House said today.
Killefer was the second major Obama administration nominee to withdraw and the third to have tax problems complicate their nomination after Obama announced their selection.
The White House said Obama had accepted Killefer's decision and that the 55-year-old executive with consulting giant McKinsey & Co., would explain her reasons for pulling out later Tuesday.
When her selection was announced by Obama on Jan. 7, The Associated Press disclosed that in 2005 the District of Columbia government had filed a $946.69 tax lien on her home for failure to pay unemployment compensation tax on household help.
Since then, administration officials have refused to answer questions about the tax error which she resolved five months after the lien was filed.
Labels: Barack Obama, Nancy Killefer
posted by Mike McCarville @ 9:47 AM
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