$80,000 in Back Taxes Took “Miracle Met” Jerry Koosman to Jail

Baseball superstar, “Miracle Met” Jerry Koosman went from being cheered by his fans to being escorted by the police to jail for not paying his back taxes for the years 2002-2004.

Between Koosman’s Major League Baseball pension, autographs, public appearances, and selling his stocks, he made around $754,950 over those years, out of which $80,000 belonged to the government.

In May, Koosman pleaded guilty to IRS tax evasion charges. “Like most people in their sixties, I’ve made some bad decisions in my life,” he said. U.S. District Court Judge Barbara Crabb reduced his sentence from one full year in prison to half a year with one year of supervised release. Koosman realizes that the bad publicity to his well-earned reputation is not worth the exuberant sum of back taxes.

If you have back taxes, you need to resolve them now before it gets to be even more overwhelming. You have the option to work out an IRS payment plan or get a penalty abatement. Either way, any action is better than no action. Being proactive about solving your IRS tax problems is the first step to financial well-being.

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2 Responses to “$80,000 in Back Taxes Took “Miracle Met” Jerry Koosman to Jail”

  1. diligence services Says:
    September 15th, 2009 at 2:37 am

    Will you please provide me some brief detail of IRS payment plan and penalty abatement…..???

  2. TRS Says:
    September 15th, 2009 at 3:46 pm

    You can read about IRS payment plans here: http://www.taxresolution.com/payment-plans.asp

    and more on penalty abatement here: http://www.taxresolution.com/penalty-abatement.asp

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