State Democratic Party faces IRS lien

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The party faces a lien of about $200,000 for unpaid federal withholding from paychecks. Stunned party leaders order an audit.
By ADAM C. SMITH, Times Political Editor
Published June 22, 2005

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The IRS has placed a lien of about $200,000 on the Florida Democratic Party for failing to pay federal taxes withheld from the paychecks of party staffers.

The move, in effect, froze the party's accounts and stunned party officers responsible for overseeing the budget. Karen Thurman, the new party chairwoman, told Democrats Tuesday she learned of the lien the day before.

Party officials then ordered an independent financial audit of the beleaguered state party. Some members fretted that it appears more than $900,000 is unaccounted for.

"We're trying to find out how this happened," said Fort Lauderdale attorney Mitchell Berger, a Democratic activist the party retained this week to help deal with the IRS.

http://www.sptimes.com/2005/06/22/news_pf/State/State_Democratic_Part.shtml

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