Rep. Jennings Paid No Payroll Taxes for Campaign Staffers

Oops.

Democratic congressional candidate Christine Jennings went more than a year without paying taxes on both of her campaign committees’ payrolls, Federal Election Commission (FEC) reports show.

Jennings paid no payroll taxes on one committee, “Chris Jennings for Congress,” until May 23 of this year, more than three years after its first salary payment. On another committee, “Christine Jennings for Congress,” Jennings paid no payroll taxes until July 31, 2006, about 13 months after its first salary payment.

“Chris Jennings for Congress,” which Jennings used for her 2004 campaign in Florida’s 13th congressional district, lists a lump sum of $23,835.93 paid to the IRS on May 23. The payment came after years of inactivity.

The latter committee, which she used for her 2006 bid for the same seat, includes 15 separate payments to the IRS totaling more than $100,000 between July 31 and the end of 2006, but no payments prior to that period.

Jennings announced two weeks ago that she would run for the seat again in 2008.

Jennings claims to have found the error internally, but this is a pretty big error to go unnoticed for several months, let lone years.

Stupid.