Leave it to Hollywood to blame their failure to file their taxes on everything from devious financial advisors (like Nicolas Cage did) to denying US citizenship (kudos to an extra-clever Wesley Snipes).
In honor of Tax Day, meet the top celebs in the crosshairs of the IRS:
Lauryn Hill
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The Grammy winner served three months in federal prison in 2013 after the sultry Fugees songstress failed to pay taxes for five straight years, totaling $2.3 million.
Nicolas Cage
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With all that “National Treasure”-hunting, it’s understandable how the actor owed a reported $14 million — later lessened to $6 million — in back taxes. He and his financial manager both played the blame game on each other — but the only ones who really lose here are the fans who are forced to endure more “Kick Ass” movies so Cage can pay off his debts.
Sophia Loren
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After Italian tax authorities nabbed the ’60s and ’70s seductress in 1982 before she boarded a flight to Paris, the Rome native served 17 days of a 30-day sentence for tax evasion, specifically for a $7,000 discrepancy on her 1974 tax return. She was cleared in 2013 — a whopping 39 years later.
Martha Stewart
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Compared to insider trading, cheating the IRS looks like a mere speeding ticket for America’s favorite domestic doyenne. The lifestyle maven notched a $220,000 debt in 1994, thanks to unpaid taxes on her East Hampton pad.
Wesley Snipes
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When the “Blade” star was busted for tax evasion back in 2006, there was a collective gasp — followed by an immediate snicker — after he claimed he didn’t consider himself a US citizen. He had missed six years of tax returns, was eventually sentenced to three years in prison and ordered to pay a reported $17 million in back taxes, plus penalties and interest. But that hasn’t stopped him from returning to a fruitful film career — and many “Expendables” sequels in the future.