The Taxman Cometh for Olbermann?

The AP picks up the story of Keith Olbermann‘s apparently unresolved tax claims from New York State.

Olbermann, the host of “Countdown,” owes New York $2,269.50, according to a tax warrant obtained by The Associated Press. State Tax and Finance Department spokesman Tom Bergin said the debt recorded against the TV host’s Olbermann Broadcasting Empire Inc., based in Los Angeles, is still open.

Bergin said the debt could have been resolved recently, but it has not yet been legally “satisfied” and so remains an open case.

The blog OlbermannWatch was first to report this story last week, and today turned up what it claims is a fifth warrant:

Olbermann Watch has confirmed that the New York State Department of Labor filed an Industrial Commission Warrant against Olbermann Broadcasting Empire on April 1, 2008 for $1,039.15 with the New York County Clerk’s office.

MSNBC stands by its previous statement that this is simply a bookkeeping disagreement between Olbermann’s accountants and the state and that it was resolved months ago.

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