Posted on 10/17/2006 8:37:48 AM PDT by truthandlife
Actor Wesley Snipes was indicted Tuesday on eight counts of tax fraud for failing to pay nearly $12 million in taxes and failing to file tax returns for six years.
Federal prosecutors in Tampa, Fla., said Snipes fraudulently claimed refunds in 1996 and 1997 on taxes already paid, and then failed to file returns between 1999 and 2004.
"two words...........
Richard Hatch"
teo more
Willy Nelson
Some would argue he was just doing his patriotic duty.
I thought whacked out libs like paying taxes. Bill Clinton said he likes paying taxes.
Yeah, worked out real well for Richard Hatch.
Who?
The IRS seeks to intimidate the rest of us by stringing up high profile people like this.
It is only an matter of time before they see a backlash to this abusive behavior.
Appropriate punishments for Wesley Snipes. . .
Let's see. . .
Assigned to be Helen Thomas's sex toy for a calendar year ??
Maybe Wesley thought he was entitled to the "Reperations Exemption"
The guy from the original "Battlestar Galactica?"
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/1017061snipes1.html
Wesley Snipes Indicted
Actor charged with fraud and failure to file income tax returns
OCTOBER 17--Wesley Snipes has been indicted on federal criminal charges for his role in a bizarre tax avoidance scheme that allegedly included him seeking $12 million in fraudulent refunds and his failure to file six years worth of tax returns. In an eight-count indictment unsealed today, Snipes and two others are charged with knowingly attempting to defraud the government by claiming that his substantial income was somehow immune to taxation. A copy of the indictment, filed in U.S. District Court in Jacksonville, Florida, can be found below. According to the indictment, Snipes, 44, conspired with Eddie Ray Kahn and accountant Douglas Rosile in the tax scam. Kahn is the founder of a Florida company (now known as Guiding Light of God Ministries) that, investigators allege, "promoted and sold fraudulent tax schemes" to clients like Snipes. Kahn has claimed that U.S. citizens could only be taxed on income earned from certain foreign-based activities (and not on money earned in this country). This claim--known as the "861 argument" for the section of the tax code to which it refers--has roundly been rejected by the Internal Revenue Service. As part of the alleged Snipes scheme, the actor filed amended tax returns seeking $12 million in refunds on taxes he paid in 1996 and 1997. Details of the Snipes tax gambit first surfaced in 2002, when the Department of Justice sought a restraining order against Rosile. As an exhibit to that filing, investigators included a copy of Snipes's amended 1997 tax return, which Rosile prepared. That document, which you can review here, sought a $7.3 million refund of previously paid taxes (Snipes earned $19.2 million in 1997). The amended return contended that the star's income was "not from a taxable source" and contained a slightly tweaked affirmation next to the form's signature line. The return was supposedly filed "Under no penalties of perjury." (14 pages)
No wonder democrats don't care that they raise our taxes - they just DON'T PAY themselves!
But as a liberal he ( & Hollywood & the left) thinks everyone (except, him & Hollywood & the left) should pay that much tax
They're also greedy and CHEAP.
Don't touch THEIR money. Take it from the little people.
Always bet on black!
"But as a liberal he ( & Hollywood & the left) thinks everyone (except, him & Hollywood & the left) should pay that much tax"
Like Bono
Indeed. As a Celebrity-American, Mr. Snipes should not be required to file or pay.
For every godless lib who's run amuck of the IRS I'll show you Republican whose done the same. Stupid comment by you.
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