Lots of artists get in tax problems
Taxes can be complicated....what can really mess one up is valuations when the govt overvalued
Waylon had similar issues....Willie too
I met Coe once at Waylon’s office...a huge scary man....he needed a loan...had two young hot women with him though
Funny how many Texas country sorts are actually Yankee born and reared
Coe and Jerry Jeff come to mind and boy Jerry sure sings southern sounding doesn’t he?
I like much of Coe work but I wouldn’t mess with him
Wasn’t it Jerry Jeff Walker that wrote “Up Against The Wall You Redneck Mother “ ?
Taxes aren’t complicated. Trying to avoid them is complicated. But getting paid in cash because he thinks the IRS won’t figure it out is ignorant. The venues are expensing those concerts so the IRS knows about them.
Better yet, he turns in expenses for the concerts but doesn’t show any revenue. The IRS will pick up on that as well.
And they will bide their time knowing they will eventually get him. Meanwhile, he is sitting around fat, dumb and happy until it is time to pay the lawyers.