While the
New York questions pile up
, it has now been exposed that Franken failed to pay taxes in 17 different states. So will Al Franken tell the truth now?
You be the Judge:
Al Franken's personal corporation was designated as "forfeited" by the state of California after failing to file tax returns and pay income taxes.
Al Franken was listed as both the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of his company, but Franken claims he wasn't aware of the issue. How is that possible?
Do the facts do not support his claims? So tell us:
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Click a date to see the source:
9/5/2003
Franken's campaign will later claim this is the day Al Franken's company's accountant sent a letter to the state of California stating that effective January 1, 2003 AFI will no longer be conducting business in California.
2004
AFI's accountant files a corporate disclosure statement with the state of California, contradicting the claim that the business had tried to dissolve itself of doing business in CA.
2006
AFI's accountant files a corporate disclosure statement with the state of California, again contradicting the claim that the business had tried to dissolve itself in CA.
8/1/2007
Al Franken's company is designated as "forfeited" in the state of California.
4/16/2008
Minnesota Democrats Exposed reports that Al Franken's company, AFI, has designated as "forfeited" in the state of California since August of 2007, for failing to file corporate tax returns.
(Minnesota Democrats Exposed, 4/16/08)
4/16/2008
Franken's campaign says his company believed it had dissolved in California and ceased doing business there in 2003.
(
The Associated Press
, 4/16/08)
4/17/2008
Franken's campaign releases an unsigned, unproven and undocumented letter they claim AFI sent to California in 2003.
(Minnesota Democrats Exposed, 4/17/08)
4/24/2008
Franken's accountant says they are "looking into" whether AFI owes taxes in the state of California.
(
Star Tribune
, 4/24/08)
4/29/2008
Al Franken admits to not paying $70,000 in income taxes in 17 different states and blames his accountant.
4/30/2008
Al Franken releases a document showing that he didn't pay personal taxes to the state of Minnesota in 2005.
(WCCO-TV, 4/30/08)
5/1/2008
Al Franken's accountant tells the Star Tribune he's been "told to say 'no comment'."
(
Star Tribune
, 5/1/08)
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