"(CBS/AP) A report by the Congressional Research Service undermines Vice President Dick Cheney's denial of a continuing relationship with Halliburton Co., the energy company he once led, Sen. Frank Lautenberg said Thursday.
The report says a public official's unexercised stock options and deferred salary fall within the definition of "retained ties" to his former company."
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/09/26/politics/main575356.shtml*2004*
"Cheney's 2004 income higher than his boss's
The US Vice-President, Dick Cheney, made more money than his boss last year, reporting $US1.3 million ($1.69 million) in taxable income while President George Bush made $US672,788 ($875,570), the White House said today.
The Cheneys reported $US813,226 ($1.06 million) in income and paid $US253,067 ($329,343) in taxes.
Cheney's tax return includes his $US203,000 ($264,185) government salary and $US194,852 ($253,581) in deferred compensation from Halliburton, the oil services firm he headed until 2001. It also includes Lynne Cheney's salary from the American Enterprise Institute, a Washington think tank, and compensation from the Reader's Digest, on whose board she served until 2003."
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Cheneys-2004-income-higher-than-his-bosss/2005/04/16/1113509958307.html*2006*
"Cheney income tops Bush 12-fold
WASHINGTON: US Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife earned 8.82 million dollars last year, some 12 times the amount President George W. Bush made, the White House said Friday. But the Cheneys donated 6.9 million dollars of their income to charity, cutting their net income to a more manageable 1.96 million dollars - meaning that they will get a tax refund of 1.9 million dollars.
Cheney’s stock options from his previous stint as chief executive at oil services firm Halliburton pushed his and his wife Lynne’s combined gross income to 8.82 million dollars. But their net income for 2005 totalled only 1.96 million dollars after accounting for nearly 6.9 million in tax-deductible donations to a fund for low-income school students and to two universities. Their final federal tax bill amounted to 529,636 dollars. The Cheneys paid 2.46 million dollars in taxes in 2005 but because of their charitable donations they paid too much and will get a refund of 1.96 million dollars, the White House said. Aside from the stock option gains, in 2005 the vice president received 211,465 dollars in deferred income from Halliburton, slightly more than the 205,031 dollars from his vice president’s salary. Lynne Cheney meanwhile reported earnings from from books she wrote, including “A Patriotic Primer” and “A Time for Freedom”; from the conservative think tank, the American Enterprise Institute, and from a former director’s position at Reader’s Digest. "
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006\04\16\story_16-4-2006_pg4_10