Herman Cain Hit by Tax Lien in 2008

[RamboLiberal]

Source: ABC News

Republican frontrunner Herman Cain, who has built his support among party activists with his anti-tax message and controversial 9-9-9 tax plan, has called the IRS an "overseer" and compared taxation to slavery.

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Perhaps some of Cain's anti-tax fervor can be traced to his own past encounters with the taxman. According to documents obtained by ABC News, in February 2008, the Georgia Department of Revenue hit Cain and his wife Gloria with a lien for $8558.46 in unpaid personal income taxes from 2006.

Cain's campaign was quick to point out to ABC News that Cain was undergoing treatment for Stage 4 cancer in 2006. A Cain spokesman said that due to his illness, Cain had requested -- and was granted -- a six-month extension of his federal taxes and had requested the same from the state, which Georgia allows.

Nevertheless, the state sent a delinquency notice to Cain in late 2007 and filed the lien in early 2008. Cain spokesman J.D. Gordon said Cain's accountant had protested the delinquency to no avail.



Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/herman-cain-hit-tax-lien/story?id=14817100

[truebrit71]

1. Sadly this will only increase his popularity with the Teahadists...

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[GSLevel9]

2. most people would agree with that characterization of the IRS.

[tabasco]

11. Most people who are stupid. n/t

[MineralMan]

3. I'm more concerned with his cancer history than his tax lien.

Stage IV colon cancer with metastases in the liver is not conducive to a long life. He was diagnosed in 2006. Five years later, he says he's in remission. The Republicans should take a very close look at who they nominate as VP. Truly. It would disqualify him from my vote, if he weren't already disqualified by being a moronic Republican.

[AustinLobo]

4. What did he do after the extension ran out.

The lien would have been filed about a year after it ended according to the article.

[tblue]

5. "NEIN NEIN NEIN!"

"I don't pay no stinkin' taxes! NEIN NEIN NEIN!"

[UrbScotty]

10. Comment of the Day! (nt)

[love0bama-4ever]

6. If he is cancerous, how come he is allowed to run for office?

Stage 4 cancer does not sound to me like something very light, I thought whoever runs for office
'must be a healthy individual. Can someone enlighten me on this one??? thanks!

[No Elephants]

7. Paul Tsongas ran.

There is no health requirement under the Constitution. It's up to voters to inquire about health and decide for themselves.

[love0bama-4ever]

8. tHANKS! I was not sure.

;)

[onethatcares]

9. I agree with MineralMan.

the VP slot would be the thing to watch with a disease like this. I also wonder how many and what kind of medications he's on, how often he undergoes any type of therapy and what the side effects to the meds are.

[love0bama-4ever]

12. Me too!

Although I would not have voted for him anyways as I am a democrat rooting for Obama all the way, people should be on the lookout as these diseases that they say are in "remission", they come back in a blink of an eye and then what? Yes sir, I would be wary, very wary if I were a rethug wanting to vote for him. But you k now what? I only found out about his disease here today because I have not heard anything, at least during the time that I spend watching msnbc, (most of the day), if they mentioned something about it, I was not around to hear it,

[underpants]

13. Cain's Tax Delinquency

Source: Daily Beast


Herman Cain, the multimillionaire businessman who has made tax fairness a central part of his surging presidential campaign, missed paying his state income taxes for 2006 while undergoing treatment for cancer, prompting Georgia to file a tax lien against him that wasn’t settled until late 2008, according to documents reviewed by The Daily Beast.

Gordon said Cain had filed with the IRS and won a six-month reprieve in paying his 2006 federal taxes as he was undergoing his treatment for stage four lymphoma and believed that filing should also have bought him time with the state of Georgia. “In Georgia, a taxpayer can submit a copy of his federal extension to request an extension of state income taxes,” Gordon said.

But instead, the state sent a notice of overdue taxes in October 2007, and then proceeded with the tax lien four months later, he said.

Cain’s accountant fought the Georgia Department of Revenue on behalf of his client well into 2008 and the two sides finally settled the matter in November 2008. A court formally withdrew the state tax lien on Dec. 8, 2008, court records show.



Read more: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/10/25/exclusive-herman-cain-faced-georgia-tax-lien-for-unpaid-income-tax.html

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Those of us in the real world see this as breaking the law but in rightwing fantasy land this will probably help him....well help Romney because Cain is just getting money out of rank-and-file pockets on this book selling run.

[dkf]

14. This is a bad way to attack the guy.

[usrname]

15. I agree...

Usually, the accountant is responsible for all the filings. There's no way a person like Cain (that is, a C-level businessman) can watch over and manage his own taxes. Compounding that with being treated for lymphoma, his tax status was probably not on the top of his priorities, especially since he has a person, the accountant, dedicated to that particular role.

[FarLeftFist]

16. The guy had cancer. Don't worry, they'll be plenty of gaffe's to come from Cain.

Like the Koch-Cain connection.

[former9thward]

17. "Those of us in the real world see this as breaking the law"

No, those of us in the real world do not see this as breaking the law. This happens all of the time with the federal IRS and state IRSs. It is a type of dispute with the agency that that happens to hundreds of thousands of Americans every year.

[Kalidurga]

18. I'd give Cain a break on this one...

he had cancer he also had a cancer free accountant I presume...This just looks like picking on a sick guy and that is a no-no even if it is a bonehead like Cain...

[du_grad]

19. Stage four lymphoma???

Why would someone with Stage 4 lymphoma even want to run for POTUS?? The fact that he's still here to run is amazing. Do we want a president with lymphoma? Can a candidate with lymphoma withstand the grueling year of actually running for POTUS???

Why is this the first place I've heard about his cancer history? Seems to me if Obama even hiccupped too many times it would be front page news.

[JCMach1]

20. The Cancer is the big story and should be part of the MSM narrative about Cain

[rexcat]

22. From the article I read he had stage IV colon cancer...

If he had lymphoma he would probably not be cancer free today. From the article he had 70% of his liver removed and 30% of colon removed. He only received two cycles of chemotherapy which in my experience was rather low in number. Even if stage I and II colon cancer the patients usually more cycles of chemotherapy in the adjuvant setting but it looks like it worked (so far).

[du_grad]

23. If it was colon cancer

I could probably believe he's okay, but I would be dubious. My daughter's mother-in-law was diagnosed with Stage IV colon cancer over 10 years ago. She was in dire shape, from what I've been told, as I did not know her at that time. She is still with us, and is in good health.

Unfortunately colon cancer can progress to the liver. Another coworker/friend had this happen to him back in the early 90's and he didn't make it.

[JusticeForAll]

21. Nothing to see here...

I'm not really being sarcastic either.

Late filers pay their penalties and move on. In his case, it sounds like he had a decent excuse. I've missed tax filings since I had cancer...and will likely do so for the rest of my life....luckily for me, the government owes me.

Let's pick on Cain for his idiotic so-called solutions and his ties with the Koch Brothers and other lobbyists/big money.