The IRS doesn't like this strategy and has gone after Denver billionaire Philip Anschutz for $144 million in back taxes for using it.
Since then, critics have decried it for years-long delays in tax filings; using charity funds to pay Mr Jean to perform at fundraisers; and buying advertising at a television station he co-owns.The biggest obstacle to Mr Jean's run is probably not any of his electoral rivals, but the constitution, which requires candidates to have lived in Haiti for the five years preceding the vote.
Of course Daschle should have been more careful and concurrently paid the more than $100,000 he owed in taxes for the use of a car and driver.
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For provisions authorizing the withdrawal of distilled spirits without payment of tax for use in certain research, development, or testing, see section 5214 a)(10).
For provisions relating to the withdrawal of wine spirits without payment of tax for use in the production of wine, see section 5373.
L. 95 176, § 4(f), substituted "withdrawal of distilled spirits without payment of tax for use in certain research, development, or testing, see section 5214 a)(10)" for "removal of samples free of tax for making tests or laboratory analyses, see section 5214 a)(9)".
In 1997, Mr. Gingrich was rebuked by the House, in a 395-28 vote, for using tax-exempt groups to pay for a college course he taught, which investigators concluded promoted "a partisan, political message for the purpose of building the Republican Party".
The committee, which performs I.R.S.-like audits of all major presidential nominees, said Mr. Kirk could verify only $9,900 as a business expense and would pay $2,600 in taxes for the personal use of the basketball tickets.
Those voters who did not know about his efforts to save jobs in Nevada, or his proposals for using tax incentives to create even more, still don't.
