By FITSNews || SCGOP Chairwoman Karen Floyd has defused a potential political bombshell by resolving some tax issues associated with one of her former employees.
According to documents obtained by FITS, notice of a federal tax lien totaling almost $37,000 was filed against Floyd’s Upstate public relations firm, The Palladian Group, in April of 2009.
The lien cited unpaid payroll taxes.
Two additional tax liens totaling roughly $6,600 were filed by the S.C. Department of Revenue against The Palladian Group in May of 2009, also citing unpaid payroll taxes.
Also, Floyd was more than nine months late in paying property taxes on her office in downtown Spartanburg, S.C.
The problems, apparently, stem from a personnel issue at Floyd’s firm.
“All of the Palladian Group’s taxes are paid in full,” Floyd spokesman Joel Sawyer told FITS. “Quite frankly and quite simply, there was an employee who was not doing what they were supposed to do, and the situation was rectified.”
Sawyer declined to elaborate on the situation with Floyd’s former employee, but he provided FITS with documentation from the U.S. Department of Treasury and the S.C. Department of Revenue showing that Floyd’s taxes were indeed paid in full.
A source close to the Palladian Group tells FITS that Floyd discovered one of her employees was stealing money from the company, but chose to resolve the situation in a way that did not bring embarrassment to the employee in question.
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By james January 21, 2010 at 10:20 am
this does not make sense. she probably treated “employees” as independent contactors and failed to pay withholding taxes on them. stealing money from the company would not affect withholding issues. the slow payment on property taxes indicates problems as well.
By UShouldKnowBetter January 21, 2010 at 11:15 am
I wonder if that employee was Ginny Allen?
By Rudy January 21, 2010 at 11:25 am
Ginny Allen works for The Palladian Group and is not the employee
ushouldknowbetter you are a sick person and something else as well
By Upstate Bar January 21, 2010 at 12:15 pm
I don’t believe Floyd would willfully fail to pay property or payroll taxes since that would be political suicide because, as everyone knows, the Geithner-Rangel-Daschel exemption isn’t available to Republicans.
For this to be true, the employee was doing a lot more than simply stealing money. A federal tax lien for unpaid payroll taxes doesn’t happen quickly or quietly. Even assuming Floyd is the victim, I still wouldn’t want her running my business if her management is neglectful enough to allow this to happen.
By jeffy January 21, 2010 at 7:37 pm
Can she deduct all of her pysch meds? helter skelter!!!
By Huhhh??? January 21, 2010 at 10:21 pm
so white collar crime is OK?
or is it just white criminals?
By Toyota Kawaski January 22, 2010 at 8:28 am
USShouldKnowBetter you are a sorry sack of monkey shyatt who Knows Nothing stick to smart growth issues and Yankee talk. Virgina does not need to steal nor would she from her friend Karen.
By By someone who knows better February 4, 2010 at 1:15 am
This is just another one of her(lets blame someone else)and cover up how poorly managed my company is. No one is or has ever stolen any money from her company.
In defense of Ginny Allen, I know Ginny and I do not believe that she has done anything wrong, at this company. So do not cast the blame on her. The blame belongs to Karen.
As she always states “The true will set you free”. Why doesn’t she try telling if for once.
By dotell February 4, 2010 at 1:49 am
Does she really believe that anyone, believes this?