7 famous people who had problems with tax

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The tax filing season ends, and we all try to be on time. Even celebrities have to fix their income. If this does not happen, problems can not be avoided.

The following describes the stories of seven famous people who had problems with tax.

1. Willy Nelson - a country music composer and singer and winner of several Grammy awards - owed the IRS 16,7 millions of dollars in the 1990s. In order to pay off the debt, the US Internal Revenue Service arrested his property, and then seized the profits from studio album sales.

2. Richard Hatch - The star of the TV reality show Survivor. After he won the first season and won a million dollar 1 prize, he forgot to pay taxes. As a result, the actor went to prison for three years. Then he went out and returned to jail again.

3. Leona helmsley - it is she who owns the repeatedly repeated expression that taxes are paid by small people, not large corporations. In the tax return, she indicated 4 million dollars, which she spent on home repairs, as business expenses. Then sued the contractors who made repairs in the house. The process attracted the attention of the IRS and she was sentenced to four years in prison. As a result, 21 is already a month behind bars.

4. Wesley Snipes - star of the Blade trilogy - did not file income declarations between 1999 and 2001. During this time, Snipes owed the IRS seven million dollars. He was sentenced to three years in federal prison. He has already been there for 845 days.

5. Pete rose It was possible to play basketball better than to solve problems with the tax service. Pete did not report the money earned from the sale of autographs and memorabilia to the IRS. As a result, he spent 5 months in prison and paid a fine of one million dollars.

6. Sinbad - comedian - filed for bankruptcy twice: for the first time in 2009, then in 2013. The second time, he was at a loss of 11 million dollars, and the IRS owed 8 million dollars.

7. Al Capone - The most influential American gangster - went to prison for seven years for tax evasion. He was released early for good behavior and died seven years later.

Lesson? Always pay taxes. The deadline for filing a US tax return expires in 10 days.

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