While the US has yet to offer a solid position on the taxation of Bitcoin, other countries are moving ahead with policy decisions. To date, Singapore and Germany have been cited as those with the most definitive answers on taxing Bitcoin. Are they about to be surpassed by the UK?
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Game Offers Tax Advice To Rappers: Write Off Strippers, Sneaks, And Medical Marijuana
Rapper The Game (or simply, Game), born Jayceon Terrell Taylor, has some tax advice for his fellow rappers. Only, he probably needs to stick to rapping. And I need to stick to tax advice. Trust me on both of these things.
Read MoreIRS To Rapper: It’s Hammertime!
Rapper MC Hammer was on top of the world in the late 1980s and early 1990s producing hit after hit. He was practically a household name before his financial troubles made a different kind of headline in 1996. Since that time, Hammer has reinvented himself as a pastor, reality television star and now, CEO of an athletic management company. And just when it seemed that things were back on their way up, the IRS has come calling…
Read MoreDrake Drops Big Donation On Philadelphia High School After ABC Special Airs
What’s it like to go to school in one of the most dangerous high schools in America? Diane Sawyer offered a window into that world when her special “Hidden America” profiled Philadelphia’s Strawberry Mansion High School. The feature touched viewers all across America – including Grammy-award winning singer Drake – who stopped by the school during a follow-up visit by ABC News to offer some news and a message of hope.
Read MoreGoldieBlox Pulls Beastie Boys Song From Ad, Citing Adam Yauch’s Will
Days after filing court documents to keep their version of the Beastie Boys’ song, “Girls” in their commercial, Goldieblox has announced that they’re pulling the song from the ad. What’s driving the change? The company claims it’s out of respect for Adam Yauch’s request that his music not be used in advertising.
Read MoreNot Too Young, Not Too Old: Aaron Carter Hopes For Fresh Start Following Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Filing
Aaron Carter, little brother of the Backstreet Boys’ Nick Carter, burst onto the spotlight just over ten years ago. Today, facing more than $2 million in debt, he’s ready to put the past behind him and move on. At age 25, can he make a comeback?
Read MoreMan Learns It’s Not #Nice To Make Threats On Instagram (Even If It Is For Mom’s Tax Trial)
In a desperate attempt to silence a witness at his mother’s tax trial, Anthony Williams took matters into his own hands. Literally. Using his cellphone, he texted threats via Instagram to Thomas White. Now, Williams potentially faces a longer sentence than his mother…
Read MoreThere It Is: The Taxpayer Bill For Miss America
There she is: Miss America was back in Atlantic City this year. The cost to return the pageant to the boardwalk was not insignificant. Who picks up the tab?
Read MoreLauryn Hill Leaves Prison Early, Releases New Single All In 24 Hours
With a few days left on her federal prison sentence for tax evasion, hip-hop artist Lauryn Hill won an early release – and managed to drop a track from her new album – all in 24 hours.
Read MoreAchtung Baby: Bono Defends U2 Tax Moves
U2 is one of the most successful rock bands in the world. Frontman Bono is considered one of the most charitable men in the world. Yet, when it comes to economics, the band chose to move some operations to the Netherlands in order to pay fewer taxes. Is that hypocrisy? Bono says no.
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