Tax Debts of the Rich and Famous
What do the following people have in common?
- Singer and Psychic Friend Dionne Warwick
- Dick Morris, Fox News analyst and former political adviser to Bill Clinton
- Comedian and actor Sinbad
The answer, USA Today reports, is that the IRS is after all of them for failure to pay taxes. The agency estimates that more than 21 precent of federal income taxes go unpaid each year. But IRS officials also take pains to note that the agency is collecting far more in delinquent taxes and penalties than it did a decade ago ($32 billion in 2007, up from $21 billion in 1998), with a smaller staff.
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