Posted on 03/23/2019 4:28:45 PM PDT by Enlightened1
Democratic darling Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez still hasn’t paid a six-year-old tax bill left over from a failed business venture.
Weeks after The Post alerted the freshman Congresswoman’s office to the outstanding tax lien from 2012, she still hasn’t paid it, state records show.
Brook Avenue Press, a company set up in the Bronx to publish books about city children, owes $1,877.56 in unpaid corporate taxes.
The state slapped the company with a warrant on July 6, 2017, two months after Ocasio-Cortez announced her candidacy to run against Democratic incumbent Joe Crowley for the district that encompasses parts of Queens and The Bronx.
Public records show the state dissolved the company in October 2016, which can happen when a business fails to pay corporate taxes or file a return.
A spokesman for Ocasio-Cortez, who has called for sweeping tax hikes on the rich, told The Post two weeks ago that the taxes would be paid right away.
But on Thursday, her aide Corbin Trent said that the Congresswoman’s lawyers were looking into the matter.
“I’m her congressional staffer, not her personal accountant,” he said.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Perhaps she can use the Sen. Barbara Boxer tactic. When caught up the the Congressional Post Office scandal, she defended herself by saying something like “Hitler probably kept his checkbook balanced”. So A.O.C. can say “Hitler probably paid his taxes on time.”
Taxes for thee (and thee, and thee, and thee), but not for me.
Taxes for Thee, but not for Me!
I’m half a minute late, and half a tax bill short!
LOL. Gotta be quick!
Doesn’t she know what campaign funds are for?
Oh sandy sandy sandy.....you’re so jokey.....
You are correct yet if this was Trump the idiots would want him impeached for it somehow.
“A failed business venture”. I wouldn’t expect anything better from Cortez.
Taxes are for little people.
And she never will and no law enforcement agency will go after her including the IRS but have no doubt the IRS will come after you for the smallest mistake. All animals are equal just some are more equal than others.
JoMa
She’s a multi-millionaire now. Should be happy to pay it, and make an extra little donation to the IRS to help the poor, even things out a bit, spread the wealth around, pay her fair share...
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