The designer of the “Tax the Rich” Met Gala dress worn by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., is not practicing that preaching, relying on unpaid interns and reportedly taxing her employees’ income but not sending the money to the government.
The parent company of Aurora James’ Brother Vellies fashion brand, Cultural Brokerage Agency, has three open tax warrants in New York state, 15 total warrants since 2015, and six federal liens from the IRS in 2018-’19 totaling $103,220, citing “failure to remit employee payroll taxes,” the New York Post reported.
“Just because they take it out of your paycheck doesn’t mean they’re sending it to the government,” Baruch College taxation lecturer David Cenedella told the Post after reviewing the liens. “It’s certainly not something you want. I would not say your average business out there has this. Something went wrong.”
The IRS declined to comment to the Post’s request for a response.
In addition to the tax liability concerns, James’ company also claimed $41,666 in COVID-19 Payroll Protection Program funds, has been sued for not paying worker’s compensation claims, and operates as a “sweat shop,” relying on unpaid interns volunteering to work full-time.
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this report, if it’s true, is not surprising. the only thing worse than biden continuing as president is the person/people who will replace him
Don’t you know that Trump is still POTUS and should be coming back any day now? While he’s heading the military and has alreay arrested millions of high-class criminals worldwide, he wanted a Democrats to play the roll of president in order to keep the calm.
Too late. Trump was coronavised on Feb 18th 2021