Posts Tagged ‘unpaid back taxes’

Celebrity Tax Woe: The IRS Hunts Kelly Osbourne for $30,000 in Unpaid Back Taxes

Tuesday, March 29th, 2011

We’ve heard this over and over again: celebrities who think they’re above the law getting schooled by the IRS in the media. The latest case in point: Kelly Osbourne, reported to owe the IRS over $30,000 in unpaid back taxes dating to 2009.
While the star has not provided any comment regarding her tax bill, this should serve as a general warning for the taxpaying public that the IRS is not
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Celebrity Tax Woes: Scorsese & Pacino Owe the IRS More Than $2 Million in Back Taxes

Friday, March 11th, 2011

The IRS strikes again. This time, Hollywood bad boy Al Pacino and Martin Scorsese are getting slammed with the expensive tax bills.
According to The Boston Herald, Al Pacino owes the IRS $188,000 in unpaid back taxes. Pacino claims that he did not mean to cheat Uncle Sam, but rather that his former business manager Kenneth Starr was responsible.
A similar story is heard from Martin Scorsese, who owes a whopping $2.85
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Latest in Celebrity Tax Woes: Lamar Odom Takes on Taxman Without Representation

Thursday, November 11th, 2010

This just in: Los Angeles Lakers’ forward Lamar Odom is suing the IRS for over $87,000 in tax bills from 2007–by himself.
According to Forbes, the 6-foot-10 NBA star is contesting the IRS for disallowing him to deduct $12,000 in sports fines and another $178,000 spent getting himself into shape in 2007. In a letter to the IRS, Odom wrote in the third person that “the taxpayer claimed $12,000 of employee
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Unpaid Back Taxes by Actor Wesley Snipes Lands Him Three Years in Prison

Friday, September 10th, 2010

If you are an American, whether rich or poor, famous or not, you have an obligation to pay your taxes!  Back taxes that are unpaid can come back to haunt you.  I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again!  It is never too late for file a tax return to settle your back taxes.   Failure to file your tax return is construed as a criminal act (even possibly a felony).  The IRS
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Proprietors of Chinese Restaurant Receive Probation for Tax Evasion Charges

Saturday, December 27th, 2008

Californians Zhong Lin, 39; Man Chau Cheng, 37; and Zhong’s sister, Yan Lin Fong, 36, were each sentenced to one year probation for conspiracy to defraud the United States with tax evasion. Zhong was also ordered to pay $140,367 in income taxes owed from tax years 1995 to 2002. The three operated the restaurant Chinatown Buffet in Louisville, Ky.