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WASHINGTON — Ron Kirk, the nominee for U.S. trade representative, has agreed to pay about $10,000 in owed taxes, becoming the latest top-level appointee in the Obama administration to face the embarrassment of dealing with an income tax problem.
Kirk, the former mayor of Dallas, turned over to Austin College honorariums he received for speaking engagements without reporting the fees as income or deducting them as charitable donations, the Senate Finance Committee said. There also were questions about unreimbursed business expenses and about the value of some noncash charitable donations, the report said. The findings did not appear to threaten his chances to join the administration.
