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The Straight Story

(48,121 posts)
Tue Nov 17, 2015, 03:23 PM Nov 2015

Clinton Foundation files 4 years of revised tax returns

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Clinton Foundation is revising tax returns for the tax years 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013. The changes reflect millions of dollars in grants donated by foreign governments during the years that Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton served as secretary of state.

Foundation officials said the Clinton family charity does not owe the U.S. Treasury any new taxes due to the changes. The officials also say that the new break-out for government grants during Clinton's tenure at the State Department — totaling $15.6 million — were previously included in the charity's total grants and contributions.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/e0b842e177124989b7a935ea14bfd7e8/clinton-foundation-files-4-years-revised-tax-returns

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Clinton Foundation files 4 years of revised tax returns (Original Post) The Straight Story Nov 2015 OP
She reneged on promise to WH (condition of taking SOS job) to disclose foreign donors. AtomicKitten Nov 2015 #1
OMG, a charity! MaggieD Nov 2015 #6
There are charities and then there are "charities." Vinca Nov 2015 #11
This message was self-deleted by its author AtomicKitten Nov 2015 #2
The conflict of interest azmom Nov 2015 #3
Not surprised at all Duckhunter935 Nov 2015 #4
The real story.... MaggieD Nov 2015 #5
is that saying 2pooped2pop Nov 2015 #8
The distinction is whether it was a donation from the entity receiving the speech, or.... MaggieD Nov 2015 #9
why is money paid for a speech 2pooped2pop Nov 2015 #10
Nice to read you here, TSS! Hope life is treating you well. Mnemosyne Nov 2015 #7
I pop in here and there The Straight Story Nov 2015 #12
Does Bernie even have a Foundation? R B Garr Nov 2015 #13
The Clintons are messy. If she is the Nominee, we will LOSE. AzDar Nov 2015 #14
Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2015 #15
 

AtomicKitten

(46,585 posts)
1. She reneged on promise to WH (condition of taking SOS job) to disclose foreign donors.
Tue Nov 17, 2015, 03:27 PM
Nov 2015
Hillary reneged on promise to WH as a condition of taking job of SOS to divulge foreign donors.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/19/us-usa-clinton-donations-idUSKBN0MF2FQ20150319

In 2008, Hillary Clinton promised Barack Obama, the president-elect, there would be no mystery about who was giving money to her family's globe-circling charities. She made a pledge to publish all the donors on an annual basis to ease concerns that as secretary of state she could be vulnerable to accusations of foreign influence.

At the outset, the Clinton Foundation did indeed publish what they said was a complete list of the names of more than 200,000 donors and has continued to update it. But in a breach of the pledge, the charity's flagship health program, which spends more than all of the other foundation initiatives put together, stopped making the annual disclosure in 2010, Reuters has found.

In response to questions from Reuters, officials at the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) and the foundation confirmed no complete list of donors to the Clintons' charities has been published since 2010. CHAI was spun off as a separate legal entity that year, but the officials acknowledged it still remains subject to the same disclosure agreement as the foundation.

The finding could renew scrutiny of Clinton's promises of transparency as she prepares to launch her widely expected bid for the White House in the coming weeks. Political opponents and transparency groups have criticized her in recent weeks for her decision first to use a private email address while she was secretary of state and then to delete thousands of emails she labeled private.

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At that time, she did not dispute the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's concerns that utter transparency was necessary to protect the integrity of the United States' diplomacy and foreign policy.


Clinton Charities Refile 6 Years Of Tax Returns To Amend Errors
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/clinton-foundation-tax-forms_564ae72be4b08cda348a6239

NEW YORK, Nov 16 (Reuters) - The Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation and an associated charity refiled tax returns for six years with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service to amend their reporting of donations from foreign governments and other errors, the charities said on Monday.

The foundation refiled its Form 990 tax returns for 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013, while the Clinton Health Access Initiative refiled its returns for 2012 and 2013 after Reuters discovered errors in the forms earlier this year.

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Vinca

(50,300 posts)
11. There are charities and then there are "charities."
Tue Nov 17, 2015, 06:24 PM
Nov 2015

Any idea what percentage of the loot goes out the door for bona fide charitable causes?

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Duckhunter935

(16,974 posts)
4. Not surprised at all
Tue Nov 17, 2015, 03:35 PM
Nov 2015

Wonder what little gems will show up they are are trying to dampen before they are outed.

 

MaggieD

(7,393 posts)
5. The real story....
Tue Nov 17, 2015, 03:43 PM
Nov 2015

"Although the exhaustive review found several additional errors, our external tax reviewers informed us that the errors did not require us to amend our returns; There is no change in our bottom line numbers: assets, liabilities, and net assets; and we do not owe any taxes," Shalala wrote in a letter posted on the foundation's website.

"Our reviewers advised us the Foundation has no legal obligation to file amended returns, but that if we did file an amended return it would be important for us to correct errors found in the review."

"The newly filed 2014 return and amended returns for the previous three years break out “speech revenue” on a separate line and categorize it as a payment for a service, not a donation.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/11/clinton-foundation-refiles-tax-returns-215959#ixzz3rmOqJVvc


In other words, nothing to justify the smears.

 

2pooped2pop

(5,420 posts)
8. is that saying
Tue Nov 17, 2015, 06:01 PM
Nov 2015

That they took income from speechifying and listed it as a donation? And we are to believe that was an error?

 

MaggieD

(7,393 posts)
9. The distinction is whether it was a donation from the entity receiving the speech, or....
Tue Nov 17, 2015, 06:08 PM
Nov 2015

A donation from the person making the speech to the organization. As the article shows it doesn't change the bottom line of the total donations.

The question is why are the Hillary haters trying to make that into a big deal? Can you explain?

 

2pooped2pop

(5,420 posts)
10. why is money paid for a speech
Tue Nov 17, 2015, 06:22 PM
Nov 2015

To be classified as a donation? When Sarah Palin gives a speech and gets money for it she be allowed to ssy it waz s donation?
I'm obviously missing something.

R B Garr

(16,966 posts)
13. Does Bernie even have a Foundation?
Tue Nov 17, 2015, 08:37 PM
Nov 2015

I Googled and found some articles about his campaign fraud (seriously),

Why doesn't Sanders do any charitable work? Walk the walk and all that.

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