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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 1521625" data-attributes="member: 12952"><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>People Jailed for Owing Less Taxes Than Al Sharpton</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><img src="http://www.fbnstatic.com/static/managed/img/fb2/markets/celeb-tax-scam.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></li> </ul><p>Serial tax avoidance appears to be a hallmark of Al Sharpton’s operations. But there’s a warning here: Others have gone to prison for lesser amounts. The list includes rock legend Chuck Berry, Grammy winner Lauryn Hill, Ron Isley of the Isley Brothers, Survivor reality star Richard Hatch, hotel queen Leona Helmsely, and baseball’s Pete Rose .</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>According to a <em>New York Times'</em> review of government records last fall, the MSNBC host and civil rights activist personally faces federal tax liens for more than $3 million in back taxes owed, and state tax liens of $777,657. So in total, Sharpton reportedly owes more than $3.7 million in back taxes. His other two for-profit businesses, Raw Talent and Revals Communications, (both now defunct) owe anywhere from $717,000 to more than $800,000, based on state and federal tax liens, reports from the <em>Times</em> and <em>National Review</em> indicate. Revals Communications also either didn’t file its tax returns, or underpaid its tax bills from 1999 to 2002.</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong><a href="http://www.foxbusiness.com/personal-finance/2015/02/05/people-jailed-for-owing-less-taxes-than-al-sharpton" target="_blank">http://www.foxbusiness.com/personal-finance/2015/02/05/people-jailed-for-owing-less-taxes-than-al-sharpton</a></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>I never asked Jim Kerasiotes about his political affiliations, but now it’s clear that whatever he is, the former Big Dig boss is NOT a Democrat.</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>We know this because Thursday he was sentenced to six months in prison for failing to pay the IRS $31,448 in back taxes.</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong><a href="http://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/columnists/howie_carr/2015/02/carr_only_dems_skate_on_tax_raps" target="_blank">http://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/columnists/howie_carr/2015/02/carr_only_dems_skate_on_tax_raps</a></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong></strong></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 1521625, member: 12952"] [SIZE=6][B]People Jailed for Owing Less Taxes Than Al Sharpton[/B] [B][LIST] [*][IMG]http://www.fbnstatic.com/static/managed/img/fb2/markets/celeb-tax-scam.jpg[/IMG] [/LIST] Serial tax avoidance appears to be a hallmark of Al Sharpton’s operations. But there’s a warning here: Others have gone to prison for lesser amounts. The list includes rock legend Chuck Berry, Grammy winner Lauryn Hill, Ron Isley of the Isley Brothers, Survivor reality star Richard Hatch, hotel queen Leona Helmsely, and baseball’s Pete Rose .[/B] [B]According to a [I]New York Times'[/I] review of government records last fall, the MSNBC host and civil rights activist personally faces federal tax liens for more than $3 million in back taxes owed, and state tax liens of $777,657. So in total, Sharpton reportedly owes more than $3.7 million in back taxes. His other two for-profit businesses, Raw Talent and Revals Communications, (both now defunct) owe anywhere from $717,000 to more than $800,000, based on state and federal tax liens, reports from the [I]Times[/I] and [I]National Review[/I] indicate. Revals Communications also either didn’t file its tax returns, or underpaid its tax bills from 1999 to 2002. [URL]http://www.foxbusiness.com/personal-finance/2015/02/05/people-jailed-for-owing-less-taxes-than-al-sharpton[/URL] I never asked Jim Kerasiotes about his political affiliations, but now it’s clear that whatever he is, the former Big Dig boss is NOT a Democrat. We know this because Thursday he was sentenced to six months in prison for failing to pay the IRS $31,448 in back taxes. [URL]http://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/columnists/howie_carr/2015/02/carr_only_dems_skate_on_tax_raps[/URL] [/B][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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