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April 23, 2014      5:00 PM

Paxton was late in paying payroll taxes

Branch blasts him as someone who “doesn’t believe in following tax laws”; Paxton counters the taxes have been paid in full

Already taking heavy fire for some of his past business dealings and lapses in disclosure, GOP candidate for Attorney General Ken Paxton faced even more criticism after it came to light Wednesday afternoon that he was so late in paying payroll taxes that a lien was filed against his campaign.

Documents obtained by Quorum Report show this is the case.

The Texas Workforce Commission sent Paxton's campaign a notice of a tax lien for unpaid taxes in the third quarter of last year. The payroll taxes in question, taxes for unemployment insurance, were due at the end of October. The way that works is if you don't pay when it's due, a notice is sent from the Workforce Commission and subsequently, if a payment still hasn't been made, the agency can file a notice of a tax lien.

The TWC sent such a notice to the Paxton campaign on February 4.

By Scott Braddock