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*Katt Williams can now add tax troubles to his mounting legal woes. TMZ is reporting that the IRS just pimp slapped the comedian with a tax lien totaling over $4 million, claiming he failed to pay $3.2 million in taxes in 2008, and also bailed on another $829,352 in 2009. Williams is also accused of [...]
*When the tax man is on your case, it’s good to have money. A LOT of money. Just ask Lil Wayne. The lil’ feller paid off back IRS taxes for a total $7.72 million, Jose Lambiet’s Gossip Extra is reporting. According to court filings, the tatted out chart-topping singer of Got Money and Lolli Pop [...]
*New York tax officials have filed a demand against Swiss Beatz, real name Kasseem Dean, seeking $98,246 in unpaid taxes from 2010. According to TMZ, Alicia Keys’ husband also owes $2.6 million to the Internal Revenue Service for federal tax debts. In 2010, Swizz Beatz was hit with a $652,727 lien for delinquent taxes stemming [...]
*Uh oh, chief funkateer George Clinton is in trouble with the tax man … again. That means Uncle Sam just filed yet another federal tax lien filed against the music legend. According to documents filed in Leon County, Florida … Clinton failed to pay $7,457.89 worth of taxes in 2009 and $13,301.57 for the year [...]
*Robin Thicke and his wife Paula Patton have avoided a tax lien after paying up on their outstanding balance. TMZ is reporting that the famous couple owed $492,583.49 to Uncle Sam, but new documents from the L.A. County Recorder’s Office show the lien has been lifted. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] Thicke is currently starring [...]
*Beloved R&B/gospel singer Montell Jordan is another celebrity on the IRS hit list. ALSO ON EURweb: Video: Montell Jordan Releases First Gospel Tune The performer is indebted to the government for a surprising $627,987.06 in back taxes for years 1999-2001, according to TMZ. A tax lien was filed against him in 2004, but he obviously [...]
*As TMZ so aptly observes, it’s never a good sign when a singer has had more tax liens than platinum albums. But, unfortunately that’s the situation former “American Idol” champ Ruben Studdard has finds himself in these days. According to docs filed in Alabama, Studdard and his estranged wife Zuri owe $180,216.73 in federal taxes [...]
*R. Kelly has placed his Chicago home on the market after he was threatened with foreclosure. The R&B crooner faced losing the property in June after defaulting on his mortgage with JPMorgan Chase Bank. They claimed Kelly had stopped making monthly payments on the suburban property in the summer of 2010, prompting them to take [...]
*Beyonce’s father Matthew Knowles is about to get a tax refund following a mix-up over his finances. The music mogul, who worked as a manager for his famous daughter up until last month, was hit with a $12,000 lien last month from tax officials in California. Knowles disputed the bill, which was filed with the [...]
*Despite what state tax records say, Dennis Rodman says he don’t owe a dime. It was recently revealed that the former NBA bad boy on the court (and especially off) owed the state of California more than $42,000 and was issued a lien. “It’s got to be incorrect,” said Rodman business manager Peggy King. She [...]
*The good thing about being a rich celebrity indebted to Uncle Sam is that you don’t have to worry about getting too many notices in the mail. Lil Wayne, who had a $1.13 million tax debt owed to the IRS, paid off that handsome bill with one stroke of the pen. Last year, the tax [...]
*Wyclef Jean has resigned as leader of Yele Haiti, the embattled aid group he founded, as he prepares to formally declare his candidacy for the Haitian presidency, reports the AP. The move, which was effective immediately Thursday, also comes as the IRS hits Wyclef with $2.1 million in tax liens, according to the website Smoking [...]
*Filmmaker Antoine Fuqua is the latest celeb to make headlines over unpaid taxes. The director, who is preparing a biopic about slain rapper Tupac Shakur, had an $85,845 lien filed against him on May 3 by officials in California, according to the Detroit News. Public records show that Fuqua has been in trouble with Uncle [...]
8A new foreclosure predator is stalking communities throughout America and no one is aware of the threat. One heart wrenching story is being reported by the Huffington Post about a woman in Baltimore, Md. Vicki Valentine lost her home during the winter because of a water bill in the amount of $362. Unheard of, right? [...]
*The tax man seems to have his eye on celebs these days. Last week we told you about the fiscally delinquent problems of Faith Evans. Today we have news about Toni Braxton’s tax woes as well According to reports, madame Braxton and her Keri Lewis, who sh’e separated from, owe more than $396,000 in delinquent [...]
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