Former politician, currently UL system president doesn’t believe in paying taxes

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Rick Gallot, who oversees the eight schools in the University of Louisiana System, owes $350,000 in federal income taxes going back to 2019, according to a tax lien filed with the East Baton Rouge Parish Clerk of Court’s office.

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In an interview Thursday, Gallot blamed the non-payment of taxes on a former accountant’s failure in 2020 to file his federal income tax return for tax year 2019. He said his accountant blamed the failure to file it on the disruptions caused by COVID

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They always blame the accountant. But,there is a problem.

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Asked why the IRS lien shows him owing money for tax years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, Gallot said, “I can’t explain because the IRS would not discuss any of the other tax years until the tax year 2019 was filed.”

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Oh that’s BS

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The federal tax lien filed by the IRS shows that Gallot owes $14,809 from tax year 2018, $90,122 for 2020, $114,172 for 2021, $53,573 for 2022, $10,128 for 2023 and $68,507 for 2024. In all, that amounts to $351,312, according to the lien, which the IRS prepared on Sept. 11 and filed in Baton Rouge on Oct. 12.

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So the 350K he owes doesn’t even include his “problem year” of 2019

Dude is either lying his arse off or is way too stupid to be a system president.

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Before Grambling, Gallot spent 12 years as a state House member representing Ruston and then a term in the state Senate, where his district extended south to Alexandria. Gallot was respected enough to be named chair of the House and Governmental Affairs Committee in 2008. In that role, he sponsored the legislation pushed by then-Gov. Bobby Jindal, who had just taken office, to upgrade Louisiana’s ethics code. He also oversaw the redrawing of the House districts following the 2010 census.

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