"Daywalker! You have to pay me - the Taxman!"
Posted on 10/17/2006 2:49:41 PM PDT by kralcmot
Wesley Snipes was indicted Tuesday in Tampa, Fla., on conspiracy to defraud the IRS and failing to file income tax returns.
The Blade actor and two other men, Eddie Ray Kahn and Douglas P. Rosile, are charged with eight counts of conspiracy to defraud the IRS for falsely claiming nearly $12 million in refunds.
Snipes, 44, is also charged with six counts of failing to file tax returns for the years 1999 through 2004.
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A warrant has been issued for his arrest...
According to the indictment, Kahn was the founder of American Rights Litigators and its successor, Guiding Light of God Ministries...
The indictment says Rosile was a CPA who... preparing, for a fee, fraudulent tax returns for ARL members and collecting a portion of any tax refunds the returns generated.
Snipes, Kahn and Rosile are accused of trying to make it appear as if Snipes had no liability for federal income taxes, when in fact he did...
This is not the first time Snipes's involvement with Rosile has been questioned. In 2002, a lawsuit was brought against Rosile claming he filed false refund claims, including a $7.3 million demand for Snipes, though Snipes was not named as a defendant in the suit, the Associated Press reports.
And last year, the actor experienced further legal troubles when he tried to enter South Africa with a forged South African passport. He was allowed to return to the United States but was deemed an "undesirable person" by the African country, meaning he will have to apply for a visa should he wish to visit South Africa again.
Snipes is best known for his role in the trio of action-adventure Blade films and also starred in movies such as Jungle Fever and White Men Can't Jump.
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"Daywalker! You have to pay me - the Taxman!"
That's interesting info - thanks for posting it! Intriguing to consider that his stunts may not be as stuntman-filled as I thought.
Contingency payments from a CPA?
Verboten, I thought
"You must ALWAYS file a tax return. Even if you don't owe anything. The feds came after him for tax fraud. Try that and life behind bars will make your life look a lot different. "
I am pretty sure that if your income is below a determined amount, a tax return is not necessary to file. Owing tax or not, is not part of that determination.
Could Harry Reid be his cellmate?
Great. With all of the other government waste going on, now we have a bunch of federal agents out on a Snipes hunt.
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