Joe Biden's daughter Ashley referred to IRS
Ashley Biden's nonprofit is facing an official IRS complaint after failing to publicly disclose its $250,000 donation from Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
A watchdog has contacted the tax agency after the Women's Wellness Spa(ce) didn't reveal that it had received the money in 2023 – when her father was still President – from Archewell, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's own nonprofit.
The conservative National Legal and Policy Center said Ashley's organization, which is based in Philadelphia and calls itself a 'trauma-informed wellness center,' was in 'clear violation' of the reporting rules.
Its legal counsel, Paul Kamenar, also questioned how Ashley could claim a salary of just $12.75 per hour and said that her workload could be 'exaggerated'.
He demanded that Ashley be deposed and the IRS determine 'what civil and criminal penalties' should be appropriate.
Ashley, 43, a former social worker who is the only child of Joe and Jill Biden, opened the Women's Wellness Spa(ce) in 2023.
The center offers resources like guided meditation and therapy including Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), which Prince Harry has done and Ashley herself turned to after her half-brother Beau died in 2015 from a brain tumor.
The National Legal and Policy Center is the watchdog group that sent the complaint to the IRS about Ashley's failure to disclose the donation
In addition, there are other reporting violations by Ms Biden.
The complaint notes that Ashley only recorded $170,296 in total revenue for the 2023 tax year, meaning that the Archewell donation easily eclipsed all the others to the Women's Wellness Spa(ce) that year.
The center recorded $115,138 of expenses meaning that, as of the end of 2023, it had $55,158 in assets.
In his letter, Kamenar said: 'The large contribution raised eyebrows because of the political implications of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's attempts to ingratiate themselves with President Biden and his family.'
IRS filings are submitted under penalty or perjury, meaning the filer attests that they are true and accurate.
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