Obama's New HHS Secretary Nominee Has Tax Problems

Kathleen Sebelius is President Obama's nominee to become Health and Human Services secretary. Obama's first choice was Tom Daschle who had to withdraw his nomination because of massive tax fraud. CBS now reports that in a letter sent to senators that was obtained by the Associated Press "Sebelius wrote that she had made changes related to charitable contributions, business expenses and the sale of a home... The wire service reports that she and her husband paid just over $7,000 in back taxes, along with $878 in interest, for the years 2005-2007... On the charitable contributions front, she writes that she could not locate three acknowledgment letters out of her 49 charitable contributions in excess of $250, and thus eliminated those three deductions. She also writes that she had 'insufficient documentation' for some of her tax dedications for business expenses, though because of the Alternative Minimum Tax they did not affect the amount owed. She also said she mistakenly paid off a home loan that included deductable mortgage interest."

So far that is a count of six people Obama has nominated who have had tax issues: Tom Daschle, Nancy Killefer, Timothy Geithner, Ron Kirk, Hilda Solis, and now Kathleen Sebelius.
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