Federal employees owe the IRS $962 million

[Kevin and 10]

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Tax/100000-federal-employees-owe-irs-back-taxes/story?id=10125860

Tax Scam Uncle Sam? You Oughta Be Fired! Says Utah Rep. Chaffetz

Working for Uncle Sam comes with some great perks, like job stability, posh benefits packages, and in many cases, average salaries that are higher than what the same job pays in the private sector.

Rep. Jason Chaffetz from Utah opts to sleep on a cot in his D.C. office.

That's why Republican Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, is irked that nearly 100,000 civilian federal employees owe the IRS $962 million in back taxes. He thinks they should pay up or be fired.

Maybe they should fire Geithner, Rangel, and all the other tax cheats on The Hill also.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

That's a lot of dough. I wonder what the average amount is per Fed. employee?

[Obama 2012 1,714]

Federal employees paying 'federal' taxes is kind of odd when you really think about it.

They are sort of paying their own salaries, but not really... it's like a big rotation of money that keeps going around in a circle...

[SMR 368]

Federal employees paying 'federal' taxes is kind of odd when you really think about it.

They are sort of paying their own salaries, but not really... it's like a big rotation of money that keeps going around in a circle...

Just another sign that the bureaucracy in this country is strangling.

But I'm a little confused how these federal employees got behind, anyways. For most people with a regular salary or wages, it's impossible to get behind because you get a refund when you file. If they don't file, they could get in trouble for that, but they wouldn't owe back taxes because they should have gotten a refund. Do federal employees not have withholding?

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Federal employees paying 'federal' taxes is kind of odd when you really think about it.

They are sort of paying their own salaries, but not really... it's like a big rotation of money that keeps going around in a circle...

I felt the same when I worked in grocery retail. It's funny how commerce works like that.

[Obama 2012 1,714]

I felt the same when I worked in grocery retail. It's funny how commerce works like that.

lol, this is why I never really shopped at any store I worked at back when I was working retail... (Best Buy being the exception )

[NickD 202]

Averages out to only $9.620.00 per employee, they could easily pay that back by working on a couple of their paid holidays.

[Arun+Catie 1]

I can't even imagine how this is possible...