Tax Talk

Tax season can be stressful for everyone and it’s no surprise people hate giving up their hard earned money, and that includes celebrities. The rich and famous are not excluded from tax issues. I recently wrote a blog about the famous whom the IRS has caught cheating on their taxes. I thought some of the readers here might enjoy!

O.J. Simpson has seen his fair share of courtrooms and is no stranger to the law. He’s currently serving a 33 year prison sentence for armed robbery and kidnapping, but his troubles don’t stop there. Simpson has been in tax trouble since 2000, and his latest tax lien finally put him over $500,000 in debt to our government.

You probably know Pamela Anderson as the star of the 90’s TV show “Baywatch.” What you probably didn’t know about was Pamela Anderson’s run-ins with the IRS. In 2011, Anderson owed a combined total of nearly $400,000 in state and federal taxes. But this wasn’t the first time she had to deal the IRS.

Even if you’re not a baseball fan, you’ve probably heard the name Pete Rose. He holds the current record for most hits in major league baseball at 4,256 and was involved in one of the most notorious gambling scandals in baseball history. Although Rose doesn’t break any tax records, he definitely makes our list after accumulating nearly $1 million in back taxes between 1997 and 2002.

Nicholas Cage might have tried to steal the Declaration of Independence in National Treasure, but he also tried to steal a large sum of money from the government when he didn’t pay his taxes. Cage has faced tax troubles amounting to nearly $13 million dating back to 2002. Unfortunately for him, National Treasure was only a movie, because that treasure could have definitely helped pay off his tax bill.

In 2008, actor Wesley Snipes was convicted for failure to file tax returns in 1999, 2000, and 2001. During this three year span, he evaded $7 million in taxes to the government. Snipes reportedly did not believe that he was under any obligation to pay taxes, but the government thought otherwise.

In 2010 Lindsey Vonn received her gold medal in the downhill event at the Vancouver Olympics. Unfortunately in that same year, she received a tax bill from the IRS of just over $1.7 million. She quickly released a statement explaining that she was wrong to rely on someone else to file her tax return for her. She may have represented her country as an athlete, but she certainly forgot to pay them what she owed!

And finally the one everyone sings about, nearly three decades ago country music star Willie Nelson had a lien placed on his property by the IRS amounting to $16.7 million. Although his lawyers were able to settle his debt for substantially less, he was still unable to pay the amount owed and lost everything he owned. Lucky for him he ended up getting back his Texas Ranch!

So if you think your problem is a big one, think again! But don’t follow in these celebrity’s footsteps- do something about it before the IRS takes the first step. Get Help! We are always here if you need somebody to talk to. If you would like to see the full article click http://www.communitytax.com/tax-audits-celebrity-c... here or visit http://www.communitytax.com/tax-audits-celebrity-c... For information about Big Rig Tax Relief call us today at 1-844-346-3386 or visit www.CommunityTax.com

About the Author: Nick Charveron, is a licensed tax practitioner & Co-Founder of Big Rig Tax Relief LLC, a Tax Company focused on Tax Debt Resolution Services. Nick was a motor transport operator (88M) while enlisted in the Illinois National Guard, US Army. Email Nick at [email protected]