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Massachusetts State Police troopers were not taxed on millions in perks and now taxpayers may have to foot the bill, reports the Boston broadsheet. 

 

It has been over a week since the last round of bad news involving the Massachusetts State Police hit the fan and thus some new bad news was surely only to be expected.

 

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The state has failed to pay taxes on tens of millions of dollars doled out to state troopers since the 1970s as a reward for driving their own cars to work, thus leaving the Commonwealth of Massachusetts vulnerable to a potentially massive bill from the IRS. 

 

Neither the State Police nor the Massachusetts Port Authority, which funds a 140-person police division based at Logan Airport, reported the $40 daily commuting perk as employee income or paid federal employer taxes on that money, officials acknowledged this week.

 

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Always – ALWAYS – follow the money !!!
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Tax specialists queried by the broadsheet said the state’s actions appear to skirt federal tax rules.

 

In turn, the IRS could seek millions of dollars in back taxes from the Commonwealth – meaning ultimately taxpayers – whereas it will likely not be assessing back taxes upon troopers given the failure of state or the Port Authority’s to duly report the per diem payments as income.

 

As for what breaking badly bad news© will next break badly upon the hot mess that is the Massachusetts State Police, only time will tell. 

 

And when time delivers, count on Quincy Quarry to cover it.

Source: For decades, Mass. State Police troopers weren’t taxed on millions in perks. Taxpayers may have to foot the bill

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