U.S. Senate candidate Troy Downing’s accountant says she did not specifically research administrative rules when the Republican candidate asked her to amend past tax returns to change his status as a Montana resident.
Downing recently asked Gallatin County Justice Court Judge Bryan Adams to throw out several charges alleging he was not a Montana resident when he bought resident hunting licenses from 2011 through 2016, claiming past accountants made errors in his tax filings.
In a pretrial motion hearing in Justice Court on Tuesday, Majorie Knaub, a certified public accountant from Big Sky, said she helped Downing amend his tax returns from 2012 through 2014 “because he had filed as a non-resident and he should have filed as a resident (of Montana).”