IMF employees were expected to pay their taxes out of their own money. But the IMF then gave them an extra allowance, known as a “gross-up,” to cover those tax payments. This was done in the Annual Tax Allowance Request, in which the employee filled out some basic information — marital status, dependent children, etc. — and the IMF then estimated the amount of taxes the employee would owe and gave the employee a corresponding allowance.

At the end of the tax allowance form were the words, “I hereby certify that all the information contained herein is true to the best of my knowledge and belief and that I will pay the taxes for which I have received tax allowance payments from the Fund.”

Emphasis mine

Didn’t someone say that if you’re going to lie, to lie BIG. If you’re going to lie big, then also lie OFTEN – it’s the only way you’ll be believed? Well, here’s the first of the Obama cabinet of liars.

Not only is he a lying, cheat – but from what I can see he’s not too competent to be holding down this position either.

If I don’t pay ANY taxes – that’s not an oversight – that’s an intentional attempt to get out of my responsibility of paying because I believe that I won’t get caught AND (fill in your rationalization of choice).

I meant (in many, many more words) that Geithner is a CHEAT.

Thanks for the more succinct way of saying it (and giving me the chance to say it again – /grin.

I posted this upthread but here it is again..

http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=Yzg2NzliNjFlNDE5YzFmMDhlNGJmYWQ5NjgyMDcxZDE=

Why should ordinary citizens pay taxes if the politicians aren’t going to pay theirs? They don’t think this is a big deal? They don’t think telling the public that not paying your taxes is ok?

But putting that aside, let’s clear up this “honest mistake” thing once and for all. I’ve known people who have worked for the IMF as well as people who have lived and worked overseas. If they are ignorant of the tax ramifications of their conditions of employment, it is because they are willfully so.

Believe me, Geithner had plenty of advice on his tax status, and if he didn’t, he knew where to get it.

And no nominee to date who had a nanny tax issue — even in the Clinton Administration — has gotten away with it and been nominated.

When it comes to the guy who will be overseeing the Internal Revenue Service, ignorance of the tax laws — willful or ortherwise — is a disqualification for employment. Period.

http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=Yzg2NzliNjFlNDE5YzFmMDhlNGJmYWQ5NjgyMDcxZDE=

The Republican excuse is that anybody else Obama would name instead would probably be even worse.

So he’ll receive near unanimous confirmation. Is this a great country or what?