Federal employees owe $1.03 billion in unpaid taxes

Washington Post ^ | 23 January 2012 | Ed O'Keefe

[newzjunkey]

98,000 unionized gov't employees owe an average of $10,500 in back taxes?

That's not chump change.

That looks like 98,000 jobs available for millions of unemployed Americans from here.

[funfan]

Well I wish you were in charge as you seem to have it down.
I just do not get that they can just not pay or have it taken. One year we made a mistake on our taxes and forget to list the amount of our State refund. We received notice from the IRS saying we owed I think it was $873.00 and it had a fine which I think was included in that amount can't remember without looking at the records-the actual amount of the refund we forgot to list or I should say our tax preparer forgot was $2500.00 approx. So we paid it right away after checking with our tax person. I bet if we had not paid it we would be in big trouble but then again we are in the private sector. Just burns me up!!

[RedMDer]

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[Colorado Cowgirl]

What burns me up more!! “The fact (is) that according to the Committee on Joint Taxation, 51 percent — that is, a majority of American households — paid no income tax in 2009. Zero. Zip. Nada. … Actually, to show how out of whack things have gotten, 30 percent of American households actually made money from the tax system by way of refundable tax credits — the Earned Income Tax Credit, among others. So 51 percent of American households paid no income tax in 2009, but 30 percent actually made money under the current system.” This has to change!!!!