10/01/2023
Even Hollywood to worry about tax evasion 😅 They aren't all just conscientious taxpayers, so they've had to leave the country, spend years in prison or pay millions of dollars in fines. Сheck these stories! ➡️🍿
📌Lindsay Lohan and her flee to Dubai
Lindsay Lohan is famous for the financial scandal that surrounded her in 2012. The Internal Revenue Service "froze" all celebrity’s accounts after it was discovered that she hadn't paid her debts for 2009 and 2010. The sum of the taxes she needed to pay was $200,000💰. Tax problems hampered the actress in 2014, 2015 and in 2017 also so Lindsay Lohan had to flee to Dubai.
📌Nicolas Cage and his $14 million debt
Nicolas Cage made mistakes in the reports, as a result, the actor owed the US 🇺🇸government about $14 million. Due to his negligence, Cage has stopped paying taxes for his creative work since 2007, for which he was “caught” by tax service. By April 2017, the actor had paid off more than $6 million in debt.
📌Wesley Snipes and 3 years in prison
American actor Wesley Snipes was hiding from paying taxes for 17 years, owing the United States more than $15 million. In 2008, the actor was sentenced to 3 years in prison, but Snipes did not immediately go to jail. The court agreed to release Wesley on bail pending his appeal.😕
In 2010, the actor's appeal was rejected, and Snipes was sent to serve his sentence. In 2013, he was released from prison.
📌Sophia Loren and a scandal for 40 years
Sophia Loren was at the center of a scandal that lasted for about 40 years. The fact is that the actress starred not only in her homeland in Italy, but also in Hollywood, because the tax office decided that Lauren had been hiding part of her income. Sophie was required to pay more than €5 million to the state treasury, but the actress did not agree with this.Referring to the tax amnesty, the actress paid only half the amount, but this did not suit the officials. Lauren spent 18 days in prison in 1984, and Sophie won the legal battle almost 40 years later in 2013.