Posts Tagged ‘Wesley snipes tax evasion’

Tax Evasion Charges Against Wesley Snipes Finds Him Facing Three Years in Prison

Tuesday, December 7th, 2010

The IRS does not discriminate!  If you owe the IRS back taxes, whether it be on your $38,000 income or your $38 million dollar income, the IRS will find you and use the law to prosecute you to the fullest extent for tax evasion.   People often don’t realize that as they avoid taxes over the years, they end up owing the original tax amount plus penalties and interest.  It adds
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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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Wesley Snipes Gets 3 Years in Prison for Not Filing Tax Returns

Friday, April 25th, 2008

The star of over 50 films including the “Blade” vampire trilogy has recently found himself playing a different role—the defendant in the most prominent tax prosecution in decades (since billionaire hotelier Leona Helmsley was convicted of tax fraud in 1989).
Wesley Snipes was sentenced to three years in prison yesterday for willfully failing to file tax returns. While he had argued for leniency, federal prosecutors sought the maximum penalty possible. In
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