The government wants Keyshia Cole to pay up!
Uncle Sam just smacked the singer with a hulking bill and will soon confiscate her assets if they don’t see dollar signs. According to RadarOnline, a lien filed on November 25 of last year discloses that Cole owes the IRS $162,158.93 in back taxes from 2009.
“We have made a demand for payment of this liability, but it remains unpaid,” the documents against the former reality star state. The government is claiming the singer hasn’t paid taxes since the success of her first headlining tour A Different Me Tour. “Therefore, there is a lien in favor of the United States on all property and rights to property belonging to this taxpayer for the amount of taxes and additional penalties, interest, and cost that may accrue.”
One thing we’ve learned is that it doesn’t pay to dodge your federal responsibilities. However, Keyshia isn’t alone in her tax battle. Flip the page and see what other celebrities found themselves in hot water over unpaid taxes.
He owed the IRS $942k in back taxes from 2006-2010.
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The supermodel owed $63k from her 2009 taxes.
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Due to owing close to $10 million in back taxes, she has filed for bankruptcy.
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There’s nothing funny about the $12 million Chris Tucker owes the government for unpaid taxes.
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He was sentenced to 3 years in 2010 for failure to file his taxes. This was after he was acquitted of conspiring to defraud the US government.
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She has had tax issues for quite some time and as a result, she’s filed for bankruptcy more than once starting in 1998 from her “home decor shopping obsession.”
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The mother/father duo were hit with a tax lien totaling over $1.7 mil from ’08 and ’09–and their daughter owed 34k.
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He has a lien against him for his $1.1 million in unpaid taxes.
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He was arrested for not paying 33k in back taxes.
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One of the most infamous celebrity tax stories. He was about $14 million in debt when he filed for bankruptcy.
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Lindsay is working on getting her life together and we hope that includes her tax issues. She owes the gov’t hundreds of thousands in unpaid taxes.
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Lauryn Hill
She served three months in prison for failing to pay $1.8 Million in response to her earnings between 2005 and 2007.
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He owes $6.5 million for Death Row Records.
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He was hit with 3 tax liens for the years of ’06, ’08 and ’10. He owes a total of $126,086.14 for all three years.
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She owed $220k due to a home she claimed she didn’t pay for because of lack of occupancy.
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He paid his owed debts of $7.72 mil after the feds almost siezed his Miami property.
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He was rumored to owe $18 million to the IRS out of his $40 million debt and filed for bankruptcy in 2003.
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Femcees aren’t the only thing Lil Kim’s been fighting for over a decade. She owed the IRS $1,026,862.42 in 2012.
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Public Enemy hypeman owed over $906k from his looking for love reality stint between 2004 and 2006.
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