uPtoWnNY said:

Here we go again...

it just never ends

Harlepolis said:

Oprah - "Sign your OWN cheques".

Those celebs are more scrutinized by the IRS on their income than everybody else, and being so damn careless with the shit, they make themselves easy targets.

I also think many of these celebrities spend money recklessly.They don't know how to scale back and live modestly.Kelly hasn't really had a big hit since the Destiny' s Child days but she probably spends money like she did in those days.

missfee said:

lastdecember said:

Its not that so much, i mean in the US she is nothing but Beyonce's "girl", but overseas she has got respect and play and sells well over there, but here she doesnt fit the mold, she doesnt have universal appeal like Bey or Rih. BUT god damn pay your fucking taxes, i mean why cant anyone hire properly? I mean these artists need to stop getting people that are either friends or relatives, or just dont know what they are doing. To me if you are making over 250,000 and u arent paying any taxes at all, something is wrong, shit i barely wake 40,000 and i pay state taxes all the time at the end of the year, so these cats need to go fucking buy turbo tax and write the check and stop with the hiring of deadbeats.

But see that's the problem. Yeah we already know that the celebs hire folks to handle business that THEY THEMSELVES should be handling and keeping up with. It's just pure laziness and egotism. Some are just too lazy to look after their finances (or to look after the people they hire to do their finances) or they feel that they are so important that it's not their job to keep up with their own finances. That's when you fall into situations like this.

Or I guess it could just be the case of some people just not knowing how to add, subtract and calculate percentages. You have average people who don't even handle their finances correctly..for instance dropping $300 on a Coach purse but not making the rent and don't have any food in the house. Or driving around in a $70K BMW with a $800 monthly car payment but your lights are off in your apartment. Crazy retarded.

I think part of the problem for celebs-to give them the benefit of the doubt-is that they have so many revenue streams that there is far more room for error

MickyDolenz said:

DesireeNevermind said:

You would think these celebs would check their accounts daily and read whatever it is they sign their name to?

If they had time to do that, they wouldn't need to hire accounting firms and managers to do it. Do you really think that Bill Gates or Donald Trump spend time every day checking all of their accounts? They would get nothing else done. But just because someone hires a firm, doesn't mean the firm is honest. It's like any other company. Look at Enron, the employees (who aren't celebs) assumed some of their money were going into their 401K retirement funds or stocks. People get scammed everyday, why should you expect famous or rich people to be immune from it?

Bill And Donald? Nope. Kelly? Yes.

Let's face it...if your net worth is under 10 mill and you don't run a business and have to worry about payroll and inventory....you can track your own finances with little difficulty. I think these folk are too busy shopping when they should be checking the bank balance.

DesireeNevermind said:

MickyDolenz said:

If they had time to do that, they wouldn't need to hire accounting firms and managers to do it. Do you really think that Bill Gates or Donald Trump spend time every day checking all of their accounts? They would get nothing else done. But just because someone hires a firm, doesn't mean the firm is honest. It's like any other company. Look at Enron, the employees (who aren't celebs) assumed some of their money were going into their 401K retirement funds or stocks. People get scammed everyday, why should you expect famous or rich people to be immune from it?

Bill And Donald? Nope. Kelly? Yes.

Let's face it...if your net worth is under 10 mill and you don't run a business and have to worry about payroll and inventory....you can track your own finances with little difficulty. I think these folk are too busy shopping when they should be checking the bank balance.

How do you know Kelly doesn't have the money to pay the taxes? The point is her accounting firm is supposed to take care of filing taxes. A lot of regular people don't do their own taxes, they go to H&R Block or other companies. These companies make mistakes all the time or dont keep up with new tax laws and it comes back to haunt the customer who used the service.

MickyDolenz said:

DesireeNevermind said:

Bill And Donald? Nope. Kelly? Yes.

Let's face it...if your net worth is under 10 mill and you don't run a business and have to worry about payroll and inventory....you can track your own finances with little difficulty. I think these folk are too busy shopping when they should be checking the bank balance.

How do you know Kelly doesn't have the money to pay the taxes? The point is her accounting firm is supposed to take care of filing taxes. A lot of regular people don't do their own taxes, they go to H&R Block or other companies. These companies make mistakes all the time or dont keep up with new tax laws and it comes back to haunt the customer who used the service.

I don't know that she doesn't have the money and am not saying she doesn't have it. I am making an observation that once again....another celeb has not paid their taxes for no apparent reason.

This doesn't say anything about her being poor, just that she hasn't paid up! I do not believe for one second that Kelly Rowland could not come up with $100K to pay her taxes. Either she, or somebody who works for her, has clearly made some bad decisions. She could probably sell her shoes alone and be able to cover $100K.

100,000 doesn't seem like that much for Kelly.

Cerebus said:

This doesn't say anything about her being poor, just that she hasn't paid up! I do not believe for one second that Kelly Rowland could not come up with $100K to pay her taxes. Either she, or somebody who works for her, has clearly made some bad decisions. She could probably sell her shoes alone and be able to cover $100K.

Well then she'd better have that garage sale soon.The IRS is no joke.They will get their money by any means.

I bet she does have the money. Doesn't sound TOO dire but still pay your taxes. Don't wind up like Wesley and 'em.

Timmy84 said:

I bet she does have the money. Doesn't sound TOO dire but still pay your taxes. Don't wind up like Wesley and 'em.

DesireeNevermind said:

Timmy84 said:

I bet she does have the money. Doesn't sound TOO dire but still pay your taxes. Don't wind up like Wesley and 'em.

exactly! there is no excuse for what wesley is going through. some folk just try and get over on uncle sam and he's not having it.

It's funny because I remembered when I was much younger, I thought Uncle Sam was a real person. It was like Santa Claus

DesireeNevermind said:

Timmy84 said:

I bet she does have the money. Doesn't sound TOO dire but still pay your taxes. Don't wind up like Wesley and 'em.

exactly! there is no excuse for what wesley is going through. some folk just try and get over on uncle sam and he's not having it.

Uncle Sam don't play, just like the Mafia. They're getting paid, no matter what, even when your cold, dead ass is in the grave. See Redd Foxx and Sammy Davis Jr.

DesireeNevermind said:

musicjunky318 said:

Big deal. Just hit Beowulf up. She was #2 this year on Forbes.

damn u cold!

Yeah she just needs to get it from her sister

Why do you believe the IRS? It just took them 5 1/2 years to pay me back money they automatically withdrew from my account and then tried to front like they had no idea where the money could be. In the interim they told me I owed THEM taxes and threatened to garnish my wages. But meanwhile they still owed ME!!! Hell I just sent them a bunch of paperwork over the past 6 months and worked with an advocate and they still somehow managed to short me a payment and STILL owe me some money.

IRS=It's Really a Scam!

maybe this news will make Kelly wise up a little.....

Wesley Snipes heads to prison on tax conviction

Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- Actor Wesley Snipes heads to a Pennsylvania prison Thursday to begin a three-year sentence for failing to file tax returns.

The 48-year-old actor has until noon to report to McKean Federal Correctional Institution in Lewis Run, officials said.

Snipes' attorney said he is appealing his client's misdemeanor convictions for not filing tax returns in 1999, 2000 and 2001.

Snipes was acquitted of felony charges.

He is nervous, he said, but hopeful that his prayers will be answered.

"We still have prayers out there. We still believe in miracles. So don't send me up the river yet," Snipes said in an interview on CNN's "Larry King Live" Tuesday night.

The actor conceded he was uneasy about losing his freedom if his appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court fails.

"I think any man would be nervous if his liberty is at stake," Snipes said. "I'm disappointed that the system seems not to be working for me in this situation."

Prosecutors said Snipes earned $40 million since 1999 but had filed no returns and had been involved in a tax resisters group.

Snipes disputed such involvement and said that the failure to file was his advisers' fault.

"This is another thing that has been misreported: It has been framed that I was a conspirator and that I was an architect in a scheme by an organization that has been characterized as tax protesters," Snipes said. "The press hasn't reported that I was a client of people who I trusted [who] had knowledge and expertise in the areas of tax law that would protect my interests."

Snipes is best known for his roles in the "Blade" action films, the comedy film "White Men Can't Jump" and the drama "Jungle Fever."

In February, a jury convicted Snipes on the misdemeanor charges, but he was acquitted of more serious felony charges of tax fraud and conspiracy. Jurors accepted his argument that he was innocently duped by errant tax advisers.

Defense attorneys in court documents suggested that to sentence Snipes harshly would be to disregard the jury's verdict.

But prosecutors, in their sentencing recommendation, said the jurors' decision "has been portrayed in the mainstream media as a 'victory' for Snipes. The troubling implication of such coverage for the millions of average citizens who are aware of this case is that the rich and famous Wesley Snipes has 'gotten away with it.' In the end the criminal conduct of Snipes must not be seen in such a light."

Snipes suggested he was unfairly singled out by prosecutors.

"It does seem to be rather unusual and rather bizarre when you had a prosecutor come into the sentencing and say that this is the biggest tax trial in the history of the IRS," Snipes said. "I think there is a certain amount of selectivity going on here."

Snipes indicated he was disturbed by some public comments that he was receiving "just punishment."

"It's been presented as though I'm worthy of this punishment," Snipes said. "I've been a law-abiding citizen ever since I grew up in the Bronx, New York."

One juror, Frank Tuttle, gave "Larry King Live" a written statement that three other jurors had made up their mind that Snipes was guilty before the trial began.

The jury's verdict was a compromise between those jurors who thought Snipes was guilty and those who didn't, Tuttle said in the statement.

"That's when a deal was made to find him guilty on the failure to file taxes and not guilty on the federal tax evasion charges," Tuttle said in the statement. "We did not think he would go to jail."

Snipes' attorney, Daniel R. Meachum, said neither he nor Snipes had any involvement in preparing that juror's statement to "Larry King Live," saying the show's producers obtained it on their own.

"We on the defense team never suggested that the media reach out to any of the jurors," Meachum said.

Snipes contended that some media accounts of his trial have distorted public perceptions.

"There have been some egregious and very malicious efforts to report the facts of this case," Snipes said. "I was never charged with tax evasion. I've never been a tax protester."

Snipes said he has paid his taxes.

"They claimed that there was a certain number that was owed and that number has been all over that place. The press has escalated it and changed it a number of times. But we think we are fully complaint with what was owed," Snipes said. "Not did I pay but my position is that I always paid."