New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson has just announced that he will not pardon Billy the Kid, citing a lack of conclusiveness and historical ambiguity surrounding the pardon allegedly promised to Billy by then governor Lee Wallace.   The value of a pardon to Billy is of some question, as he has been dead for quite a [...]

From Michael Martinez, CNN December 9, 2010 1:28 p.m. EST (CNN) — Actor Wesley Snipes reported to a medium-security Pennsylvania prison Thursday to begin a three-year sentence for failing to file tax returns. The 48-year-old actor is now incarcerated in McKean Federal Correctional Institution in Lewis Run, officials said. Snipes’ attorney said he is appealing [...]

12/28/2010 9:30 AM PST by TMZ Staff  from tmz.com Val Kilmer is back on Uncle Sam’s bad side — the “Iceman” reportedly left the IRS in the cold … to the tune of $500,000 in unpaid federal taxes — and now it is out to collect. According to DetNews.com, the Internal Revenue Service filed a $498,165 lien [...]

Posted on RadarOnline.com on Dec 29, 2010 @ 06:10AM     Gordon Ramsay, the embattled TV chef and restaurateur, has nearly $1 million in tax liens against him, RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively. According to court documents we uncovered, there are two outstanding New York State tax warrants against Ramsay. The latest one was filed last month and [...]

Washington, D.C. (October 26, 2010) By WebCPA Staff from AccountingToday.com Businesses that have developed complex networks of related trusts and partnerships to evade taxes are making it difficult for the Internal Revenue Service’s efforts to close the tax gap, according to a new government report. The IRS views network-based tax evasion as a problem but [...]

The New Year starts next weekend.  That means it’s time to ask yourself, “Have I had enough? Am I tired of screening calls so I don’t have to talk to the IRS? Am I tired of being afraid to check the mail? Am I tired of my employer getting embarrassing phone calls about my financial [...]

Video game developer David Rushton is going to spend six months in jail for tax evasion.  This is certainly quite a change in Rushton’s circumstances: he’d been a successful video game developer, working on Street Fighter II: Hyper Fighting, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005, and other well regarded titles. What went wrong? David Rushton started [...]

2010 is drawing to a close. Is this the last year you’ll spend with the pressure of unresolved tax issues hanging over your head? The answer to that question lies entirely in your hands – but many people don’t know how to begin to answer it. If you have unresolved tax issues, including unfiled or [...]