Marion Barry Doesn’t Want To Tax Your Yogurt
Does Marion Barry want to tax your yogurt? Er, maybe it’s your yoga.
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Fix The Tax Code Friday: Jail Time For Tax Evaders?
It’s Fix the Tax Code Friday! Since I posted about Marion Barry’s tax woes earlier today, I thought it would be great fodder for Fix the Tax Code Friday. Tax evasion cases have often made news – from Wesley Snipes to Joe Francis to Helio Castroneves – especially when jail time is involved. Counsel in…
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Not a Crack Answer: Barry Pleads Kidneys Kept Him From Filing Taxes
Forget “late filing syndrome” – that’s so 2008. For 2009, try the new and improved “I had too many other things going on” defense… it seems to be working out well for Marion Barry. Barry is currently facing tax evasion charges for failing to file his federal tax returns for the 2007 tax year (he…
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A Barry Bad Day
Former DC Mayor Marion Barry got some good news this week, at a time when he could use it. A federal judge declined Thursday to revoke Barry’s probation, which would have resulted in prison time for tax charges. Barry had already pleaded guilty in 2005 to failing to file required tax returns from 1999 to…
