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  • Martha Cooked Up Tall Tax Tale / Judge: Lied in '99 to duck paying state

    06/29/2002 2:19:22 AM PDT · by kattracks · 54 replies · 600+ views
    New York Daily News ^ | 6/29/02 | GREG B. SMITH
    Martha Stewart may be the diva of domesticity, but there's one New York judge who thinks she's the queen of lies.In a January 2000 opinion, Administrative Judge Thomas Sacca hammered Stewart for a "lack of credible testimony" in her bid to get out of paying New York $221,000 in back taxes from 1991 and 1992.In his 40-page ruling, Sacca repeatedly shot down Stewart's attempts at proving she lived in Connecticut and not in New York — using material from her magazine and book to contradict her statements.In one case, Stewart argued she "rarely visited New York," but the judge...