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Politics : The Obama - Clinton Disaster -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jlallen who wrote (4873)	1/13/2009 9:19:01 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 103300

"The housekeeper thing seems overblown..." I agree. She was legal (had her legal papers enabling her to work in-country) when he hired her... then, at some point her authorization expired and she did not renew it in the proper timeframe. He (working at either, what was it? The IMF or the NY Fed at the time?) probably either paid no attention at all to her personal situation, or simply forgot. Then, once the issue matured, she applied for, and received her green card, and no charges were brought against anyone.... "when but the tax issue is one I think he should have to explain....." Right.... Apparently there is this weird IRS regulation saying that Americans (Americans only) who work for the International Monetary Fund are technically considered to be both 'employer' and 'employee' and must pay both halves of the F.I.C.A. tax. The IRS admits that few people even know of the rule, (& so it's in-breach often enough that they have issued a 'be lenient' letter instructing their agents about the situation....) Again, once he was made aware of the regulation, he paid all back amounts and all penalties and no charges were brought....