Celebrity tax troubles, high-profile scandals, and what the ultra-wealthy get away with — or don’t — when it comes to taxes.
Less than a month after Lionel Messi earned the 2014 World Cup Golden Ball (for those of you who don’t follow soccer, it’s the award for the tournament’s top player), the Argentine superstar is making news again… This time, however, Messi would probably want a pass on the attention. A Spanish court has decided to…
The headlines are meant to grab your attention: Wealthy Clintons use trusts to avoid full estate tax they back After touting estate tax, Bill and Hillary Clinton seize on loopholes Bill and Hillary Clinton are dodging ‘death tax’ on their homes despite campaigning to raise it Clintons use loophole to avoid estate tax they helped…
You don’t think tax returns are handy? Tell that to John Daly. Daly recently revealed that he ran the numbers and determined that his actual gambling losses were $90 million compared to $35 million in gambling wins. The numbers are so staggering that it shocked even him: he had only estimated the figures in prior…
In the end, popular opinion wasn’t enough to save Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, the designers behind the highly lucrative fashion label Dolce & Gabbana. Despite pleas on social media and protests from fans, an Italian appeals court has upheld the decision reached last year in a lower court which found the pair guilty of tax evasion.
It’s over. Today, Uli Hoeness announced that he would not seek an appeal of his tax conviction and would, instead, head off to jail.
It was a quick sentence but a powerful one: Bayern President Uli Hoeness was sentenced to more than three years in prison for evading taxes.
Life just got more real for Teresa and Joe Giudice. The couple, known for their over the top lifestyle on Bravo’s “Real Housewives of New Jersey” have pleaded guilty to a number of charges and now face the possibility of jail – and deportation.
What would you do with a billion dollars? Pick a perfect March Madness bracket and Warren Buffett will help you find out…
We all know about the civil rights struggle of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. But what do you know about his personal struggle? Dr. King was a target for government officials, including taxing authorities. Dr. King was criminally charged with tax fraud. What happened might just remind you why justice matters…
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.