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Caught Out There: Kelis Owes Uncle Sam More than $300,000
Source: WitchesBrewOnline.com
Writing that her milkshake brings all the tax liens to the yard, TMZ is reporting that Kelis owes more than $300,000 in back taxes.
According to a tax lien filed in NYC, the government says Kelis needs to pay up over $330,426.71 for taxes she neglected to pay in 2004 and 2010. Oddly, both 2004 and 2010 were good years for Kelis, TMZ says. In 2004, the “Milkshake” singer went on tour with Britney Spears and in 2010, she headlined her first US tour with singer Robyn, i.e. she had money.
As we all know, Kelis’ ex-husband Nas has had some tax problems as well. A lien was placed on his property earlier this year because he owed $339,005.49 in federal income tax for 2010. That’s on top of the reported $6 million dollars he owes in back taxes for previous years.
Unfortunately, it seems that tax problems are the name of the game for celebrities and it’s getting harder and harder to find celebrities who don’t owe back taxes at one time or another. Most of us regular people get our taxes taken out of our checks, but if you’re in business for yourself, as the majority of these celebrities are, you’re in charge of keeping track of your own finances and how much you owe Uncle Sam. Most celebrities hire an accountant to take care of their finances, so it’s unclear if these celebrities purposely didn’t pay their taxes or if their accountant’s head needs to roll.
In any case, taxes must be paid and it’s hard to feel sorry for Kelis. She married Nas after she didn’t pay taxes in 2004 and they certainly could have covered that bill then. Even after she divorced him, he was ordered to pay her $600,000 per year in 2009. The rapper got that amount reduced this year, but clearly Kelis has (or at least had) the dough to cover that bill without using a single dime of the money she actually made in 2004 and 2010.
Lauryn Hill is already facing three years in jail for her tax evasion, we don’t want to see Kelis suffering the same fate.
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Oh Kells: R. Kelly Joins The Long List of Celebs Who Don’t Think They Have To Pay Taxes Like The Rest Of Us
Source: Freddyo.com
Common sense tells you you can’t just not pay your taxes and observation should tell you if you’re a celebrity, no matter how long you think Uncle Sam doesn’t know you owe him, he will eventually catch up to your black tale and make you pay.
R. Kelly is the latest IRS casualty and his tax demise has been seven years in the making, which is why he now owes the feds $4.8 million. Here’s the breakdown by year.
2005 – $1,472,366.77
2006 – $710,520.51
2007 – $376,180.11
2008 – $1,122,694.90
2009 – $173,815.18
2010 – $992,495.24
Now if you think back several months, R. Kelly was out here trying to get funding just to release another 800 chapters of “Trapped in the Closet,” which interestingly came out in 2005 when his tax issues started, so we know this man doesn’t have the money.
A rep for Kells told TMZ, “R. Kelly is in the process of working everything out with the government and is confident that all his obligations will be satisfied.”
I hate to say it, but he might want to get a reality show like everyone else, including his ex-wife, just to settle this debt. Or, he should actually focus on coming out with a new album instead of reviving “Trapped in the Closet” seven years later. He could also try the Lauryn Hill approach, but as thoughtful as her tax evasion explanation was, I’m pretty sure the government is not hearing it. Poor Sylvester.
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