Embattled Trump Inaugural Committee Failed To Disclose Key Finances To IRS
Source: TPM
By Josh Kovensky January 22, 2019 7:28 am
President Trumps inaugural committee failed to disclose to the IRS how much money it received in ticket revenue, TPM has found after reviewing the groups tax filings, a failure that tax experts find perplexing.
The Trump inaugural committees failure to identify the revenue it generated from the sale of tickets and other perks broke with the practice of previous inaugural committees. In doing so, the tax return that the committee filed with the IRS obscured a key metric of how it raised its record $106.7 million.
On their tax returns, other recent inaugural committees broke out sales revenue separately from contributions from donors. Sales of tickets to events, which often include key officials from the incoming administration, and of merchandise or other items of value were typically listed on the inaugural committees tax return where it asks for program service revenue.
The Trump inaugural committee did not report any program service revenue on its tax return, effectively concealing the amount of cash generated from tickets and anything else that it sold.
I cant think of a legitimate reason why one would not do that, Marcus Owens, an attorney at Loeb & Loeb who served as director of the IRSs exempt organizations division for 10 years, told TPM. Confusion by the accountant perhaps. Obviously, the form calls for it, so the form is not complete and accurate if doesnt do that..................................
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Slimy SOB !!
duforsure
(11,884 posts)I wonder how much was funneled into his pockets from it that he paid zero taxes on.
Kali
(55,003 posts)narcissists wanna conceal any numbers that might indicate low sales numbers/attendance/fans
babylonsister
(171,032 posts)word being legitimate. I'm sure something slimy was going on; that's their MO.
onetexan
(13,020 posts)wiggs
(7,810 posts)by filling out car loan forms incorrectly time after time. Law enforcement caught up with William Macy, yanking him out of a bathroom window as he tried to escape. Hope for the same with Trump con men.
These guys have to 'correct' testimonies and vetting submittals dozens of times, pulling the wool over our eyes until one day we wake up and they've been in office two years already, doing the same stuff that will take another couple of years to get to the bottom of.
BigmanPigman
(51,567 posts)I hope the time doesn't run out before we catch them crawling out of the bathroom window.