Stephen Baldwin Joins Our Cast of 'Celebrity Tax Evaders'
Actor Stephen Baldwin is in the news for neglecting to pay his taxes, but he's certainly not the first celebrity to forget what he owes the government.
Actor Stephen Baldwin is in the news for neglecting to pay his taxes, but he's certainly not the first celebrity to forget what he owes the government.
When you get paid in cash, your income is out of sight from the IRS. But as the sad case of tax scofflaw Lindsey Lohan shows, thinking that you can avoid the tax man is not a smart assumption. And while Lohan's issues are extreme, anyone who primarily does business in cash will face the same ones.
For whatever reason, celebrities often end up crossing paths with the IRS, and surprisingly, most of the problems they have with the tax man are traps anyone could fall into. Here are some common mistakes of the stars, and what you can do to avoid them.
Singers Whitney Houston and Amy Winehouse both checked back into drug rehab in May. The rich and famous, of course, have the means to bounce in and out of pricey addiction-treatment centers, but what's the real cost of rehab for regular folks trying clean up their lives?
Whether Sheen can resurrect his faltering career may depend on something as mundane as an insurance physical. Hollywood producers won't shoot a frame of film nor a second of video without insurance policies on their cast members in case they can't do their jobs.
E-Trade is taking off the gloves in its legal contest with the actress, who's suing the online brokerage firm for $100 million claiming that it defamed her in a TV ad.
Three days after the starlet filed a $100 million lawsuit against the online brokerage for unlawfully using her likeness and name during a Super Bowl commercial, E-Trade responds.














