The upshot is, I have a lot of respect for the CPAs that can keep the tax code straight. I have just about zero respect for the IRS. Talk about your terrorist organizations. There's not enough room here to go into how they came after my brother-in-law. However, I also have zero sympathy for public figures that get themselves in this deep, this long. They and their accountants have to know they are stepping over the line.
You’re assuming that if they had professional accountants they would listen to the professional accountants. Something tells me that with these celebrity types that’s not necessarily a good bet.