The Internal Revenue Service wants to know what happened to $100,000 that soap opera star Jack Scalia raised for military veterans and families of 9/11 victims.
Scalia, whose All My Children character had a relationship Susan Lucci’s on the show, raised the money through two nonprofit organizations, including one called 9-11-01 Lest We Forget.
The IRS pulled 9-11-01 Lest We Forget’s tax-exempt status after the organization did not file any tax returns.
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I wrote a guest post this week called What Taxpayers Can Learn From Celebrity Tax Evasion on Daniel Stoica’s Accounting Professional blog.
I share celebrity tax evasion cases to help reiterate that delinquent tax problems happen to many people.  And it is important to remember that the IRS does not discriminate – their goal is to collect overdue taxes from everyone, celebrities included.
In the What Taxpayers Can Learn From Celebrity Tax
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This month I came across a couple of interesting articles from my StumbleUpon I wanted to share with you. Here is a recap of tax news covering topics on all things tax, from news on Innocent Spouse relief, giving to charity, tax scams and more celebrities tax problems.
IRS does ‘the right thing’ for the ‘innocent spouse’ – Michelle Singletary discusses the IRS and their decision to remove the two-year limitation
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It is important for taxpayers to know they are not alone when it comes to facing IRS problems. In fact, many celebrities have fallen victim to the woes of owing Uncle Sam and R. Kelly is no exception.
The Detroit News reports that R&B star, best known for his hit “I Believe I Can Fly” owes nearly a million in unpaid taxes.
The IRS filed an $837,442.59 tax lien against Kelly
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Celebrity rapper and actor Ja Rule was sentenced to 28 months in prison and ordered to pay 1.1 million dollars in unpaid taxes on Monday. Ja Rule was quoted by the Associated Press as saying; “I was a young man who made a lot of money — I’m getting a little choked up — I didn’t know how to deal with these finances, and I didn’t have people to guide
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As a Yankees fan myself, I take this story to heart! Christian Lopez became an instant celebrity earlier this month when Derek Jeter’s 3,000th career hit landed in his section at Yankee Stadium in a game against Tampa Bay. The 23-year-old Lopez, who was there as a birthday gift from his girlfriend, beat out dozens of fans and caught the coveted ball.
Lopez could have sold the prized ball
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Michael Jackson’s former manager is facing some major IRS tax problems. Raymone Bain was charged on two counts of failure to file tax returns from 2006 – 2008 despite large earnings from working for the star as his general manager and spokeswoman during that period.
Bain pleaded guilty on Wednesday, June 22 for failing to file both federal and District of Colombia returns.  She is scheduled for sentencing on August 13,
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Actor Wesley Snipes’ request for an appeal for a 3-year prison term was rejected by the Supreme Court in the beginning of June. Snipes was sentenced to prison until 2013 after his 2008 trial conviction of three misdemeanor charges of willful failure to file income tax returns from 1999 to 2001. Tax Resolution first blogged about Snipes’ IRS tax problems here.
If you owe money to the IRS, especially $25,000 or
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Latest edition of tax help news covering all things tax, from small business tax break checklists to furry feline tax court. This week we’ve Stumble(d)Upon the following tax news and cases:
The Real World: Tax Tips for Summer Workers – Is your son or daughter still looking for a job this summer? Consider employing them for your business and save big time on taxes! Check out this checklist for tax-saving tips as posted
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Back tax debt happens to many people.  The IRS does not discriminate – they aim to collect overdue taxes from everyone, including celebrities.

One of the stars of Celebrity Apprentice owes the Internal Revenue Service $50,000 in back taxes.

Actress Marlee Matlin, 45, told People magazine that she is negotiating a payment arrangement with the IRS. She and her husband, a Burbank, Calif., police officer, are also trying to sell their five-bedroom home
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Owe the IRS back taxes?  Whether you are a celebrity owing millions or a citizen owing thousands, the key to settling back taxes once and for all is to seek help from a tax professional.  Even Sharon Osbourne, wife of famous rock star Ozzy, admitted that upon hearing there was a tax lien on her house, she enlisted professional help for her back taxes owed.  Smart woman!
Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne, the rock star couple-turned-reality TV
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A tax lien is serious business!  If you find yourself with a tax lien from the IRS, you can’t ignore it.  Tax liens can make it difficult, or impossible, for you to obtain financing on a car or a home, and can tie up your personal property and real estate.  To top it off, tax liens are public record and when one is filed against a consumer, anyone can find
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Check out this week’s edition of Tax Help News Round Up – bringing you news for anything and everything tax! At Tax Resolution Services, Co. we offer expert tax help not only by fighting on your behalf to settle back taxes and resolve any IRS debt, but we strive to educate consumers on tax news and developments to be aware of. The tax world is not stagnant – just because
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The latest edition of tax help news covering anything and everything tax! Check out some of the interesting tax news we’ve Stumble(d)Upon this week, including your pick of last, last minute tax tips, celebrity tax woes, the typical tax cheat, offshore tax regulation and more!
At Tax Resolution Services, Co. keeping up with news from the tax blog-o-sphere is key in ensuring we offer expert tax help and helping us educate consumers
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The IRS files a tax lien against people who owe IRS taxes.  Having a tax lien filed against you is serious business.  Why?  Because tax liens are public records.  Public records show up on your credit report often making it difficult or impossible for a consumer to obtain financing on a car or home.  They can also tie up personal property or real estate.  And, if you are famous, tax liens can put
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