Al Sharpton owes $4.5 million in unpaid taxes

[Hayabusa Rider]

The New York Times article (that CNN used for it's blurbs) paints a picture that Sharpton is keeping up with the payments not enough to pay them off but just enough to stop the hammer of the justice system from whacking him down. The Times article is pretty vicous


I actually do fully agree with you that the answer is in the article.

Paying them off? How about just keeping them from growing. Oops, no.

From the same NY times article

And though he said in recent interviews that he was paying both down, his balance with the state, at least, has actually grown in recent years.

I prefer honest thieves.

 

[hal2kilo]

He owes more than General Electric. But that can only mean he's raking in more money too, right? He can afford it.

Knock out beautiful girlfriends a third your age don't come cheap.

 

[piasabird]

Then there are the penalties and taxes for paying it back for every year it is late.

 

[cubby1223]

Then there are the penalties and taxes for paying it back for every year it is late.

Didn't you read the article? Sharpton doesn't believe the penalties should factor into the equation of how much he owes.

 

[cubby1223]

Paying them off? How about just keeping them from growing. Oops, no.

From the same NY times article

I prefer honest thieves.

I was actually about to post that quote too (well, I edited it out of my post) - it's not enough info. If he's paying down the federal taxes first and getting to the state debts afterwards, then overall he is paying them down. Since the article only said the state tax debts are rising, it's safe to assume the federal tax debt is decreasing. How they balance out I'm not sure.

 

[KMFJD]

Didn't Wesley Snipes get 3 years jail time for the same amount?

 

[Uppsala9496]

Separately from the taxes, how is he not in trouble for the commingling of funds to pay for his kids private school? I would like to think the IRS would have issues with that as well.

 

[highland145]

Didn't Wesley Snipes get 3 years jail time for the same amount?

I think his was more but he told them to eff off.

 

[Pulsar]

As much as the Republican congressman who refused to pay his child support.

That's a very nice tap dance to avoid the point of the post.

Want to try again and actually address Mr. Sharpton's lack of morals?

You're like Doug from 'UP'. You actually think if you yell 'squirrel' everyone will turn and look in another direction.

 

[Fern]

Separately from the taxes, how is he not in trouble for the commingling of funds to pay for his kids private school? I would like to think the IRS would have issues with that as well.

They would (or should normally). Those payments would be reclassified as salary to Al. That's likely part of his taxes due.

Fern

 

[nageov3t]

Separately from the taxes, how is he not in trouble for the commingling of funds to pay for his kids private school? I would like to think the IRS would have issues with that as well.

only plebs like us have to worry about that kind of chicanery. politicians have a different set of laws that apply to them.

I'm pretty sure all his kids are grown adults, so this must have actually happened awhile ago.

 

[highland145]

only plebs like us have to worry about that kind of chicanery. politicians have a different set of laws that apply to them.

I'm pretty sure all his kids are grown adults, so this must have actually happened awhile ago.

Tim geithner and charlie rangle come to mind.

 

[justoh]

“call someone an imam, a priest, a reverend—look at the Reverend Al—and there’s nothing you can’t get away with.” -hitchens

 

[Moonbeam]

Nobody is immune from the self-destruction caused by unconscious self hate. This is why so many thieves leave their wallet at the crime scene.

 

[wgusler]

some animals are more equal than others.

 

[sportage]

Oh come on... This isn't news.
You know what they say about death and taxes?

The grim reaper nor the IRS can determine skin color, nor fame, nor saint hood or the lack of.
One or the other will catch up with every living soul, in time.
And odds are, both.

 

[pcgeek11]

As much as the Republican congressman who refused to pay his child support.

Apples and oranges.

 

[boomerang]

Oh come on... This isn't news.

Yes, it most certainly is news because this is the type of person that Obama chooses not just to surround himself with but to take on as an advisor. A President with scruples and morals would realize that it reflects poorly on him. That same President would distance himself from an individual like Sharpton. But that is obviously not the case. Al Sharpton should be shunned publicly by Obama. And because there is a log of every visit to the White House, Sharpton should not be allowed inside of it.

But, we have a President who hires tax cheats for his staff. These kind of antics speak volumes about the character of a person. I'm not surprised in the least. And I'm not fooling myself, I know that there is nothing that could alter the level of devotion Obama lovers have for him. This type of behavior they find endearing.

791 more days of Obama.

 

[zephyrprime]

No surprise. That guy has always seemed like a scammer.

 

[justoh]

No surprise. That guy has always seemed like a scammer.

err, you mean, as he's a reverend? nice catch, bro

 

[werepossum]

Didn't Wesley Snipes get 3 years jail time for the same amount?

I was thinking that same thing. But individuals owing millions go to jail; corporations owing millions go to negotiations. The only difference here is that Sharpton has enough racial pandering heat to avoid negotiations, else he'd be spending some change buying tax breaks like GE.

 

[Zaap]

Sharpton's a Dim's Dim.

When he rants and raves about rich people "paying their fair share" we all know he means everyone *else* ponying up to government, or directly to shakedown artists like himself.

He absolutely doesn't mean HIMSELF pay any "fair share" of jack shit to anyone else for anything. Every dime he's able to shake down from someone or glom onto is his and his alone, fuck everybody else. He's a very typical "do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do" Dim.

 

[cabri]

To resurrect this thread with additional info
Link

One can shoot the messenger; however, the message is still valid and disturbing.

A new report claims that every for-profit enterprise started by Rev. Al Sharpton has been shut down for failure to pay taxes.

The National Review’s Jillian Melchior reported on tonight’s “On the Record” that one business after another has been shut down for failing to comply with tax rules. Melchior said that all of his entities shut down for failure to pay taxes or file tax paperwork, then they reopened.

The New York Times reported months ago that Sharpton personally owes millions in back taxes.

Read more from the National Review report:

Records show that Sharpton’s beleaguered for-profit entities often overlap and intertwine, some sharing ties with the reverend’s nonprofit organization, National Action Network. Their financial records are copious, confusing, and sometimes outright bizarre, and together, they depict persistent financial woes for Sharpton, who also personally owes New York State nearly $596,000, according to active tax warrants.

“He clearly appears — based on the information that’s available to us — to have a history of noncompliance with tax obligations,” says Bernadette Schopfer, the director of taxation at New York’s Maier Markey & Justic, a certified public-accounting firm that has had no dealings with Sharpton or National Action Network. “It appears that [Sharpton] does not file [taxes for his businesses], and then opens up something else. At all the entities we see he has opened up, he has not been compliant with the obligations of the owner of a business. . . . He’s either willful in his behavior, or he’s just sloppy.”

Sharpton, who was traveling internationally, was unavailable for an interview, despite NRO’s numerous queries over several days.

This is a man that Obama relies on :thumbsdown:

 

[trenchfoot]

So where are all the Tea Party conservatives that should be supporting Sharpton's fight against the tryanny of big gov't and who believe that they are being over-taxed and that they should resist against the government's greed and wastefulness just as Al does?

I would think they would look at Sharpton as a shining example of how one should stand up for their principles of fighting big gov't and the dreaded revenoo'ers and honor him by elevating him into cause celebre status and a champion of their fight for freedom against an oppressive gov't bent on creating a system that promotes largesse for the lazy.

 

[boomerang]

To resurrect this thread with additional info
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One can shoot the messenger; however, the message is still valid and disturbing.

This is a man that Obama relies on :thumbsdown:

Yeah I read that whole article the other day. Sharpton is not a stupid man in that he has totally figured out how to game the system. Somebody somewhere has got a huge file on him but is being thwarted to do anything about it. I'm not convinced of that but am hopeful of that.