Posts Tagged ‘unpaid taxes’

Tax Lien Filed Against Backstreet Boy, Aaron Carter Owes $1M to IRS

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

No amount of singing or dancing can get you out of a tax lien filed by the IRS.  When the IRS files a tax lien, it means that you owe taxes, usually a lot of taxes.  Tax liens are no laughing matter – they can tie up your personal property and real estate, make it impossible to get financing for a car or home and, for celebrities, possibly the most embarrassing part of having a tax lien filed
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New Rule Prompted by Federal Contractors with $8 Billion in Unpaid Taxes

Monday, May 5th, 2008

Congressional probes have discovered about 60,000 firms working for the U.S. government that have cheated or failed to pay their taxes.
At the heart of the problem is a lack of communication between agencies. While one arm of the government pays contractors money, another arm is trying to collect taxes from them. USA Today reported that the Defense Department paid more than $1 million to a company that owed nearly $10
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