Cynthia Nixon paid wife salary, used corporation to curb her taxes, new documents show

[TexasTowelie]

Before Cynthia Nixon’s wife Christine Marinoni landed on the city payroll, she got a salary from — Cynthia Nixon.

Newly-released tax documents show that Marinoni in 2013 drew a $96,200 salary — $117,560 counting retirement contributions — from The Fickle Mermaid, a pass-through corporation Nixon set up to handle her acting income and expenses.

Nixon paid Marinoni a salary because of her role as her business partner, a campaign spokeswoman said.

The company stopped paying Marinoni in 2014, when she got a job in the city Department of Education under Mayor de Blasio, a longtime Nixon pal whose campaign she worked on.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-pol-cynthia-nixon-taxes-christine-marinoni-20180824-story.html

I don't actually see it as an issue as long as it is legal. It's also appropriate to pay a spouse if they are performing legitimate work.

Would the Daily News publish a story about a Republican heterosexual couple in similar circumstances?

[RandySF]

1. Not illegal

But she and her wife are taking advantage of the very tax code she's running against, which probably explains why she resisted releasing her taxes.

[marble falls]

2. I see no problem here, at all, in any way. As a single proprietor Nixon can pay anyone anything ...

as long as the taxes are paid and there's no effort to break any laws. I have no problems with Trump paying Beavis, Butthead and the mean girl wages because it isn't as if they could work anywhere else.

I don't know Ms Maroni but I would bet she earned her paycheck keeping The Fickle Mermaid going as an enterprise and she is Nixon's business partner.

The Fickle Mermaid is such a great name for a little bar and grill.


On edit: Ms Maroni is a lot more than just Nixon's spouse: she's Very private and reliable sources of info are hard to find.

This is the best I could find: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/exclusive-cynthia-nixon-wife-lands-job-de-blasio-article-1.1732743