What Whitman Did Was Criminal – She Blames the Housekeeper – the reason is to keep herself out of jail. However Whitman is lying. She has known of her housekeepers status for 8 years and only "dumped/fired/told her to get lost" when Whitman decided to run for Governor.
She violated State and Federal Tax laws for over 8 years. People have been put in jail for what she did. (See page 2 for some of her law violations).
She also violated immigration laws and could be jailed for that. (See page 2 )
Today she violated her housekeeper’s privacy and personal safety by criminally posting 14 pages of her private information online.
Today Meg Whitman released the housekeeper’s confidential personal file with 14 pages of personal protected information, clearly a civil violation of her employee and possible Federal and State criminal violation since they released the information over the internet. This poor woman’s home address, driver’s license number, kid’s information, soc security number, place of birth, etc. was released by Meg Whitman. Just another Billionaires destroying their housekeeper’s financial privacy.
On their web site the IRS describes how Whitman falsified her State and Federal tax filings.
From IRS.gov
Employment Tax Evasion Schemes
Employment tax evasion schemes can take a variety of forms. Some of the more prevalent methods of evasion include pyramiding, employee leasing, paying employees in cash, filing false payroll tax returns or failing to file payroll tax returns.
Filing False Payroll Tax Returns or Failing to File Payroll Tax Returns
Preparing false payroll tax returns understating the amount of wages on which taxes are owed, or failing to file employment tax returns are methods commonly used to evade employment taxes.
"Failure to pay employment taxes is stealing from the employees of the business," said IRS Commissioner Mark W. Everson. "The IRS pursues business owners who don’t follow the law, and those who embrace these schemes face civil or criminal sanctions."
There are many reasons employers don’t withhold or pay employment taxes. For some, it may be an attempt to use the government as a bank to 'borrow the money for a short while' with good intentions to pay it back later.
For others, it may be a situation where an employer collects the taxes and elects to keep it during a period of financial difficulty rather than pay it to the IRS. For a small number, it involves philosophical differences with the tax law of the United States that courts consistently reject. Regardless of the reason, federal law requires employment tax withholding and payment by employers.
Employment taxes consist of federal income tax withholding along with Social Security and Medicare taxes and unemployment taxes. Also, many states have withholding requirements for various employment related taxes, such as contributions to a worker’s compensation fund. Improper reporting or payment of employment taxes affects the ease with which employees can claim future benefits from these programs.
The IRS takes a variety of steps to combat employment tax non-compliance. The agency has a number of civil actions it can take like audits and filing tax liens against property the taxpayer owns. In addition to civil actions, IRS Criminal Investigation investigates and refers for prosecution individuals and businesses that have willfully attempted to avoid filing and paying employment taxes. These efforts have led to significant criminal convictions resulting in incarceration and fines.
During the past three years, 117 individuals have been sentenced to confinement in a federal prison, a halfway house or home detention for criminal violations related to employment taxes. Approximately 77 percent of the persons sentenced for evading employment taxes served an average of 17 months confinement and were ordered to make restitution to the government for the taxes evaded, plus interest and penalties.
From the IRS web site IRS.gov- information and penalties for filing false income tax returns, such as the Whitman’s did for their personal "employees", for 8 years, no statute of limitation on employer tax fraud.
The IRS encourages employees to report any concerns that an employer is failing to properly withhold and pay federal income and employment taxes. Taxpayers can contact the IRS at 1-800-829-1040 or report suspected tax fraud by calling 1-800-829-0433.
Filing False Payroll Tax Returns or Failing to File Payroll Tax Returns. Preparing false payroll tax returns intentionally understating the amount of wages on which taxes are owed or failing to file employment tax returns are methods commonly used to evade employment taxes.
FAIR (a reasonably right of center organization) details the State and Federal employer laws she have violated and the penalties.
Recruitment and Employment of Illegal Aliens (FAIRUS.org)
Summary
A person (including a group of persons, business, organization or local government) commits a federal felony when he:
• assists an alien whom he should reasonably know is illegally in the U.S. or who lacks employment authorization, by transporting, sheltering, or assisting him to obtain employment,
• encourages that alien to remain in the U.S., by referring him to an employer, by acting as employer or agent for an employer in any way, or
• knowingly assists illegal aliens due to personal convictions.
Penalties upon conviction include criminal fines, imprisonment, and forfeiture of vehicles and real property used to commit the crime.
Anyone employing or contracting with an illegal alien without verifying his work authorization status is guilty of a misdemeanor. Aliens and employers violating immigration laws are subject to arrest, detention, and seizure of their vehicles or property. In addition, individuals or entities who engage in racketeering enterprises that commit (or conspire to commit) immigration-related felonies are subject to private civil suits for treble damages and injunctive relief.
Recruitment and Employment of Illegal Aliens
It is unlawful to hire an alien, to recruit an alien, or to refer an alien for a fee, knowing the alien is unauthorized to work in the United States.
1 It is equally unlawful to continue to employ an alien knowing that the alien is unauthorized to work.
2 Employers may give preference in recruitment and hiring to a U.S. citizen over an alien with work authorization only where the U.S. citizen is equally or better qualified.
3 An employer has constructive knowledge that an employee is an illegal unauthorized worker if a reasonable person would infer it from the facts.10
Constructive knowledge constituting a violation of federal law has been found where (1) the I-9 employment eligibility form has not been properly completed, including supporting documentation, (2) the employer has learned from other individuals, media reports, or any source of information available to the employer, that the alien is unauthorized to work, or (3) the employer acts with reckless disregard for the legal consequences of permitting a third party to provide or introduce an illegal alien into the employer’s work force.11 Knowledge cannot be inferred solely on the basis of an individual’s accent or foreign appearance. Actual specific knowledge is not required. For example, a newspaper article stating that ballrooms depend on an illegal alien workforce of dance hostesses was held by the courts to be a reasonable ground for suspicion that unlawful conduct had occurred.12
Enforcement
A person or entity having knowledge of a violation or potential violation of employer sanctions provisions may submit a signed written complaint to the INS office with jurisdiction over the business or residence of the potential violator, whether an employer, employee, or agent. The complaint must include the names and addresses of both the complainant and the violator, and detailed factual allegations, including date, time and place of the potential violation, and the specific conduct alleged to be a violation of employer sanctions. By regulation, the INS will only investigate third party complaints that have "a reasonable probability of validity."26
Designated INS officers and employees, and all other officers whose duty it is to enforce criminal laws, may make an arrest for violation of smuggling or harboring illegal aliens.27
Personnel File
Today Meg Whitman Released the housekeeper’s confidential personal file with 14 pages of personal protected information, clearly a civil violation of her employee and possible Federal and State criminal violation since they released the information over the internet. This poor woman’s home address, drivers license number, kids information, soc security number, place of birth, etc. was released by Meg Whitman.. Billionaires destroying their housekeeper’s financial privacy.
Sorry i messed up the poll. Vote yes if you think their should be an investigation.