A new CBS News poll shows that a majority of Americans want more taxes on rich people. Sixty four percent of Americans want more taxes on people making more than a million dollars a year, while 30 percent want the taxes on the rich to stay the same. The poll shows support for President Obama’s […]
Congress has been investigating the mega-churches of Bishop Eddie Long, Creflo Dollar and Joyce Meyer for over a year now. The initial congressional investigation led by Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) ended with an audit last fall and was concluded but with open questions. Funds and property were the lynch pins for queries. All the churches […]
Tax time: That interestingly peculiar time of year when ordinarily smart people begin to make really dumb financial decisions. Isn’t it amazing to watch what a little extra cash, okay well for some, maybe a lot of extra cash lining the pockets can do? The average tax refund for 2011 may be a little over […]
Wesley Snipes is finally in federal custody after trying to get his 3-year sentence for tax evasion delayed until after the holidays. Snipes surrendered early today. From TMZ: Traci Billingsley, Chief Public Information Officer for the Bureau of Prisons, tells TMZ, “Wesley Snipes has self surrendered to the minimum security Federal Prison Camp at the […]
Actor Wesley Snipes talked to CNN’s Larry King about how the media has misreported facts about his case. Snipes has been sentenced to three years in prison for not paying taxes and reports to jail on Thursday. “I would say that I relied on the advice of those who I consider professionals,” Wesley Snipes told […]
Actor Wesley Snipes was informed Friday that it’s time for him to report for prison and get started on his 36-month federal sentence for tax-related misdemeanors. “The time has come for the judgment to be enforced,” a Florida judge said in rejecting the actor’s request for a new trial, the Orlando Sentinel reports. Judge William […]
Wesley Snipes was sentenced on Thursday to three years in the clink for three misdemeanor counts of failing to file tax returns. The sentence was the maximum requested by federal prosecutors. From CNN.com: Federal prosecutors said the actor for nearly a decade escaped paying more than $15 million in income tax returns by sending money […]
] Comedian/actor Sinbad is in a little bit of trouble with the Internal Revenue Service. How much trouble? $8.15 million in trouble, according to the Detroit News. The US Attorney General wants the comedian’s house sold to help satisfy the debt. On December 10th, an assistant US Attorney asked a federal judge to foreclose on […]
