Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Al Franken - Tax Dodger

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Fri, 2 May 2008, Jonathan King wrote:

> I think there is a big difference between this "method" of not paying 
> taxes and what most people think of when they hear the term. 
> Entertainers, sports team members, and the like are often subject to 
> paying income taxes in states where they perform, even if they are there 
> literally only two hours. Obviously, it's a pain, and it's something you 
> hope and expect your accountant to take care of. Needless to 
> say...Franken's didn't. Interesting, this apparently means that Franken 
> over-paid taxes in his home state, because he seems to have reported the 
> income on his Minnesota return...just not the tax documents he was 
> supposed to file in 17 other states.

If he was paying the taxes in Minnesota instead of in the other states, 
then he has probably not underpaid altogether and any suggestion of "tax 
evasion" would be inappropriate.

Another thing for Franken critics to consider would be that there is no 
way that Franken would have wanted to pay his taxes incorrectly when he 
was running for the US Senate.  Why would he do that?  You can't be 
serious.

If you want to paint him as incompetent because he didn't pay correctly, 
go for it.  But if you want to accuse him of trying to swindle a little 
extra tax money, then you're being ridiculous.

Mike

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