Posts Tagged ‘wesley snipes’

Celebrity Tax Evasion – Lessons Learned

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011

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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Tax Resolution News: IRS Demonstrates Enforcement in Celebrity Tax Case

Friday, December 3rd, 2010

Wesley Snipes is going to prison.
For three years.
For unpaid back taxes.
You know who I’m talking about. Snipes, the star of Blade and White Men Can’t Jump, was convicted of willfully failing to pay taxes on $38 million of income for the tax years 1999 to 2001.
After a judge rejected his appeal, Snipes was ordered to turn himself into federal authorities and begin his three-year prison sentence.
People who track tax protestors
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Top Tax Relief Blog Posts: IRS News and Tax Help With Most Watched Video of September!

Monday, October 4th, 2010

September was a busy month! In addition to sharing our regular tax relief news on our website and blog, our team at Tax Resolution Services also launched a series of short tax help videos on Youtube to reach even more taxpayers in need of tax resolution.
So with October just rolling in, I’d like to take a moment and recapture some of our top blog posts from September, just in case
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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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5 Reasons to File Delinquent Tax Returns: There’s Still Hope if You Haven’t Paid Your Taxes This Year

Monday, April 20th, 2009

Did you pay your taxes this year? You can run, but you can’t hide from the IRS! However, there is hope for struggling taxpayers to resolve back taxes and avoid IRS penalties!
For the millions of Americans who failed to file legally required tax returns, there’s still hope for receiving income tax relief! Even taxpayers who received an extension for filing are not granted more time for the payment of taxes
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Don’t Panic When You Get an IRS Audit Letter in the Mail. Get Help from the Tax Experts!

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

I recently appeared on The Frank Pastore Show on 99.5 KKLA where we discussed the IRS audit letter and the wrong and right things to do when you get that ugly thing in the mail. If you have not filed taxes in a long time and/or if you have received the dreaded letter from the IRS read this post!
Did you know it is a misdemeanor in this country not to
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Even the Beautiful and Famous Pay Taxes

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

Corporate executives and Joe Six-Packs aren’t the only ones who face scrutiny and life-changing audits from the IRS. So does America’s Royal Family — our celebrities.
By Michael Rozbruch
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The life of a celebrity can be hard.
Ignoring the hefty paychecks and the clout to get on the top of a restaurant reservation list, celebrities have it rough.
They’re stalked by crazy fans.
They’re stalked by paparazzi feeding their not-so-flattering images into a celebrity culture
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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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