Rapper and actor Ja Rule was sentenced to 28 months in prison on Monday in a New Jersey courtroom for failing to file federal income tax returns. The 35-year-old, Queens-born performer, whose real name is Jeffrey Atkins, is already serving a state prison sentence in New York for a gun possession conviction. Magistrate Judge Patty [...]

The IRS has filed a $68,520 tax lien against alleged child murderer Casey Anthony for unpaid federal income taxes, interest and penalties from 2008. The 25-year-old is currently on trial in Orlando, FL for the murder of her two-year-old daughter, Caylee Anthony. The lien was filed just days prior to opening arguments in the murder [...]

Kelly Osbourne is yet another “Dancing With the Stars” celebrity to have a tax problem. Kelly is best known for being the daughter of Ozzy Osbourne and became famous after appearing on the reality series, “The Osbournes”. After the reality series she went on to singing, acting, fashion, writing and many other things that likely [...]

2010 was an eventful year, especially for celebrities with tax problems. Like in 2009, 2010 had just as many celebrities who had run-ins with the tax authorities. Some celebs paid their debts, where others were in denial regarding their debts, and other were victims of mistakes made by tax authorities.

Jennifer Lopez and ex husband Ojani Noa are at it again, and this time, the IRS is getting involved.

Val Kilmer, star of Willow, Top Gun, and Batman, is being investigated by the IRS for delinquent taxes, according to The Detroit News. Kilmer, who owes the IRS some $530,000 in federal taxes, has a 6,000 acre ranch in New Mexico for sale, with the asking price a mere $18.5 million. The tax lien was [...]

Wesley Snipes, best known for his roles in White Men Can’t Jump, Jungle Fever and Passenger 57, finally went to federal prison today (Federal Prison Camp at the Federal Correctional Institution McKean, in Bradford, Pennsylvania), December 9, 2010, for tax evasion after being out on bond for the past two years while appealing his 2008 conviction.

Lamont Dozier made a name for himself as a key founder of the new upbeat genre that quickly acquired the name, the “Motown Sound.” Creating some of the most well recognized songs even today – such as “Baby Love,” “Sugar Pie Honey Bunch” and “Stop in the Name of Love” for infamous stars including Marvin [...]

Famed supermodel and TV celeb Janice Dickinson recently received a $200,000 tax lien from the IRS. Coupled with her future appearance on Celebrity rehab, Dickinson’s high status has clearly run short.

In America we know him as Crocodile Dundee, however Paul Hogan has become known for something else in his native Australia. According to the Australian Taxation Office(ATO), Hogan is the subject of a tax fraud investigation. The battle between Hogan and the tax authorities in Australia is not a new one, in fact this dispute has been [...]