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Designer clothing brand that devised AOC's 'Tax the Rich' Met Gala dress doesn't even pay its OWN taxes! Records show Aurora James' firm failed to pay state and federal taxes totaling $130,000
dailymail.co.uk ^ | 9/19/2021 | dailymail.co.uk

Posted on 09/19/2021 11:06:33 AM PDT by bitt

Designer clothing brand that devised AOC’s ‘Tax the Rich’ Met Gala dress doesn’t even pay its OWN taxes! Records show Aurora James’ firm failed to pay state and federal taxes totaling $130,000

Aurora James, 37, said the dress she designed for AOC sent a ‘powerful message’ but her own delinquent tax bills show she didn’t appear to take it to heart

The Brother Vellies founder has three open tax warrants in New York state for for failing to withhold income taxes from employees’ paychecks totaling $14,798

James’ firm was also the subject of six federal liens - legal claims against property for failing to pay a tax debt - totaling $103,220

The Canadian has also proved she has no problem taking money from taxpayers as her company received $41,666 in pandemic relief aid

AOC labeled James a ‘working class’ designer at the Met Gala but James bought a $1.6million Hollywood Hills home in September 2020

She reportedly still owes $2,504 in property taxes on the property

The 37-year-old fashion designer behind Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s controversial ‘Tax the Rich’ dress she wore at the Met Gala has been accused of avoiding paying taxes her business owes, and has debts in multiple states.

Aurora James said the dress sent a ‘powerful message’ but her own delinquent tax bills appear to show she didn’t take it to heart. The successful designer’s debts are mostly owed by an LLC she formed in 2011 - Cultural Brokerage Agency - to serve as the parent company of her fashion brand, Brother Vellies.

According to the New York Post, as Beyonce, Rihanna and Meghan Markle became fan favorites of James’s luxury brand, the company racked up three open tax warrants in New York state for for failing to withhold income taxes from employees’ paychecks totaling $14,798.

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To: bitt

They probably think they aren’t rich. Neither do I.


21 posted on 09/19/2021 3:23:39 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: mkmensinger

AOC’s ‘Tax the Rich’ dress designer Aurora James owes debt in multiple states...

https://nypost.com/2021/09/18/aocs-tax-the-rich-dress-designer-aurora-james-is-a-tax-deadbeat/


22 posted on 09/19/2021 6:01:36 PM PDT by caww ( )
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