Wesley Snipes Sentenced To Prison

April 27th, 2008

Back when Snipes first got convicted I said I hope he goes to jail, because the rich shouldn’t get away with this, when the little man gets punished for just making mistakes on his taxes.

Weeeell, I wasn’t thinking 3 year; lol. I was thinking more like one. But what a punk thing to go to the pen for.

I think 3 is a little tough, but I can’t feel too sorry for him, he brought it on himself by robbing the rest of us. We have to pay our taxes, the rich should pay theirs. We have to pay our taxes though we can’t afford it. The rich cheat paying taxes all the time even when the difference won’t change their life anyway.

So Screw’em!

Mo’ money, mo’ problems for Snipes

    Even if you’re a Hollywood star, the courts don’t take kindly to you refusing to pay income tax…

    US actor Wesley Snipes has been given the maximum sentence of three years in prison after being found guilty of tax evasion. The trial followed almost ten years of ‘brazen defiance’ of the US Internal Revenue Service, during which the star of Blade and White Men Can’t Jump refused to pay tax on nearly $60m of income. Apparently some dodgy advisers managed to persuade him back in 1999 that the whole tax thing was entirely voluntary, and ever since he’s been busy concealing funds offshore, falsely applying for tax rebates and challenging the authority of the IRS.

    Believe it or not, this ‘tax denial’ idea is quite a popular movement in the US. Its proponents say that they’re not technically required to pay income tax on domestic earnings, basing their argument on some dubious interpretations of old court rulings and constitutional amendments (since rejected by the courts). Snipes appears to have fallen hook, line and sinker for this idea when it was peddled to him by his tax advisers, and has since been engaged in a long-running battle with the IRS…

    On the other hand, Snipes isn’t in prison yet, and apparently his lawyers are already planning a raft of appeals – so whether he’ll actually serve any time is debatable. And given that he’s a martial arts expert, we’re sure he’ll be able to look after himself even if he does…

I understand that he’ll be free while on appeal.

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