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Derek Jeter isn't alone when it comes to accusations of dodging taxes. The New York Post features a rundown of other famous New Yorkers who are on the hook for taxes owed. Near the top of the list is rap mogul Damon Dash, who allegedly owes the state $2 million.
Dash, 36, is one of almost 225,000 city debtors who together have shortchanged the city and state more than $1 billion in income taxes, penalties and interest, the records show.Yankee shortstop Derek Jeter claims Florida as his primary residence, which raised the ire of the State Dept. of Finance and Taxation. His mom strongly disagrees and thinks her boy is being persecuted. Other notable people accused of not paying their taxes and what they owe:
- Author Jay McInerney, $57,241
- Former pimp Sydney Biddle Barrows, $290, 167
- Actor Gary Oldman, $236,629
- Dancer Ben Vereen, $119,825
- Photographer Annie Liebovitz, $135,916
Many on the Post's list say that they've either paid up or are working to resolve their tax issues. Ironically, the biggest alleged scofflaw is financier Alberto Vilar, who's been accused of skimming money from investors to finance charitable activities.
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"Ironically, the biggest alleged scofflaw is financier Alberto Vilar"
Actually, it isn't. That's not ironic at all. It's odd, not ironic.
It's ironic because taxes ostensibly are directed in part to social causes. Someone who dodges taxes--depriving the gov't of money to fund common charitable causes--in order to fund programs to promote social causes, makes the issue ironic. It is actually a textbook example of irony.
An old man turned ninety-eight
He won the lottery and died the next day
It's a black fly in your Chardonnay
It's a death row pardon two minutes too late
And isn't it ironic... don't you think
It would seem that Damon Dash doesn't have the money. Is his is house of cards is about to fold???
Ben Vereen's still alive?
Too bad all sense of shame has been stripped from our society.