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Monday, June 11, 2012

Celeb What Happens If Don't File Your Taxes for Three Years?

Posted by on Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 3:15 PM

It seems Lauryn Hill is about to find out:

Singer Lauryn Hill on Thursday was charged with failing to file federal income tax returns for three years during which she earned more than $1.8 million, officials said.
Hill did not file an income tax return to the Internal Revenue Service from 2005 to 2007, the Department of Justice said in a statement. During this time her income, which primarily comes from recording and film royalties, totaled more than $1.8 million dollars.
What did we learn today? Hill is not doing badly. She has not released anything substantial in 15 years and yet still earns $600,000 a year. That's some serious money for doing nothing. But let us take a moment to remember the time when Hill made money from making music:

 

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Gern Blanston 1
Apparently she didn't learn anything from Wesley Snipes. He's in the middle of serving a three year prison term for doing the same thing.
Posted by Gern Blanston on June 11, 2012 at 3:37 PM
derek_erdman 2
QUIT USING MY STREETLIGHTS, LADY.
Posted by derek_erdman http://www.derekerdman.com on June 11, 2012 at 3:45 PM
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Lauryn Hill sucks.
Posted by excitablerooster on June 11, 2012 at 6:24 PM

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