Posted on 05/07/2015 2:55:28 AM PDT by markomalley
Bill Clinton put the blame for his foundation’s foreign donor scandal on the accountant who filed its taxes in his Monday interview with NBC News.
“There was no attempt to hide [donations],” Clinton said from Kenya. “The guy that filled out the forms made an error. The guy put it on the wrong form … I can’t explain why they didn’t do it—all I can do is fix it.”
In the wake of the scandal surrounding the foundation’s foreign donors, chief executive officer Maura Pally said mistakes were made in tax filings and that multiple years of tax forms will “likely” have to be re-filed after an external review is completed.
It is unclear which accountant is responsible for the errors.
Laura Parello, the managing director of PricewaterhouseCoopers’ (PWC) exempt organization tax services division, signed off as the “paid preparer” of the foundation’s most recent tax filing.
When asked how the accountant responsible for preparing the Clinton Foundation’s tax filing felt about being blamed by the former president for the current scandal, PWC said it was unable to comment due to company policy.
PWC also would not comment on whether it was conducting the current external review of the Clinton Foundation’s financial reports.
In addition to preparing the document, PWC also conducted an independent audit of the 2013 report and wrote that its opinion was that the information was presented “fairly.” The auditor’s note, however, says it is the foundation’s management that is responsible for presenting financial statements that are “free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.”
The 2013 filing says Hillary Clinton spent 20 hours per week working for the foundation, in addition to five hours per week of work for related organizations.
The Clinton Foundation did not respond to a request for confirmation on whether she worked the number of hours stated in the audited document. Nor did they respond to a request for clarification on who Clinton was referring to as “the guy” who “made an error.”
Also signing off on each year of Clinton Foundation tax returns is Andrew Kessel, the foundation’s chief financial officer, a position he has held since 2004.
PWC was hired to handle the foundation’s taxes in 2013. Prior to that, BKD LLC in Little Rock, Arkansas, handled the foundation’s taxes since at least 2009.
BKD did not respond to a request for comment on the comments made by Clinton to NBC.
The Clinton Foundation failed to disclose 1,100 foreign donations it received.
Aren't the Clintons attorneys?
Even if that’s “technically true” an accountant can only report/file with the info provided to him. Want to make a bet that all those donations didn’t appear in paperwork given to said accountant. Either way it doesn’t matter.
The signer of the tax form ie the Clinton Fountain is
still ultimately responsible NOT the accountant.
Oh wait - I almost forget: different rules for the ruling
class.
This is embarrassing. Try to bring that mess when you file your taxes and see what happens.
Watching and listening to Bill Clinton, I’m quickly realizing that this is no longer the “Slick Willy” “Feel your Pain” Bill Clinton of the 1990’s, I don’t know if he’s lost his touch, gotten old, spent to much time around the elites, or a combination of all three. But these days he comes across more like an grumpy old rich guy, yelling at those kids to “Get off his lawn!”
Blame for what? I thought that there was “no evidence” of wrongdoing.
They don’t call him “Slick Willy’’ for nothing. It’s all some ‘’guys fault’’, heh, heh, wink, wink, I didn’t have sex with that woman, ha, ha...’’. What an asshole.
You said...
“Watching and listening to Bill Clinton, I’m quickly realizing that this is no longer the “Slick Willy” “Feel your Pain” Bill Clinton of the 1990’s, I don’t know if he’s lost his touch, gotten old, spent to much time around the elites, or a combination of all three. But these days he comes across more like an grumpy old rich guy, yelling at those kids to “Get off his lawn!”
I’ve noticed that,also. His BS doesn’t have the same ring as it did in the 1990’s
For lster
Isn’t Clinton still fully accountable under Dodd-Frank?
We didn’t do anything wrong and we blame our accountant for doing it.
Agreed. He's quite readily achieved "just go away" status.
And he can take Shillary with him.
“The guy put it on the wrong form … I can’t explain why they didn’t do it—all I can do is fix it.”
Friends, this is a president of the United States talking here. Is there any doubt about the character of these people? Harry S. Truman wouldn’t let him shine his shoes... Eisenhauer? Bush senior? This man is a disgrace. We’re looking at more of the same with the wife? Has this country and the people who run the newspapers gone mad?
Exactly put, but this is the real guy we’re seeing. This is the guy who tells the dirty and racial jokes in the men’s smoker, who walks into a basketball game without a ticket and says the guy behind me has it.
And the wife? She’s a disgrace. And now she’s saying she’ll go even further to let illegals in? Excuse me, but the vast majority of Americans don’t want that to happen. Will be interesting to see how this plays.
Shoot the piano player.
I vote Aye.
What, Did they go to a discount tax preparer at a mall??
She’s pandering to the illegal immigrant activists. She has no intention of keeping that promise. Even the activists are questioning sincerity her on it.
And I call upon the accountant to come forward with all the info that he/she knows.
Bill Clinton was always a transparent, abject liar; but since he's served his purpose, the government media just won't carry his jock anymore.
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