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Top 10 Celebrity Tax Troubles

Posted Apr 15, 08 5:39 PM CDT in Crime & Courts Gossip 

(Newser) – Tax day can be a hassle, but at least most of us don't have to worry about the glare of the media spotlight, too. Access Hollywood rounds up the top 10 celebrity tax controversies.

  1. Damon Dash: New York State billed the music mogul $2 million.
  2. Joe Francis: Girls Gone Wild guru indicted for tax evasion.
  3. Willie Nelson: Nicked for $16.7 million by the IRS.
  4. Wesley Snipes: Could face jail time over shaky books, failure to file.
  5. Marc Anthony: Had to pay $2.5 million in back taxes.

  1. Judy Garland: Owed $4 million, had home repossessed.
  2. Annie Leibovitz: New York says photog owes $135,000.
  3. Richard Hatch: Survivor winner in jail for failing to report prize money.
  4. Buster Keaton: Silent film giant sued by IRS, went to sanitarium.
  5. Gordon Ramsay: Big-name chef dinged for late filing in Britain.

Source Access Hollywood

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Willie Nelson performs at Farm Aid on Randall's Island Sunday, Sept. 9, 2007 in New York.   (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)
Wesley Snipes arrives at the 80th Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, Sunday, Feb. 24, 2008.   (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Producer Damon Dash arrives for the New York premiere of "Mr Untouchable," Monday, Oct. 22, 2007.   (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)
Marc Anthony performs at National Stadium in Lima, Monday, April 7, 2008.   (AP Photo/Karel Navarro)
Chef Gordon Ramsay poses for the media in London in a Sept. 6, 2004 file photo.   (AP Photo/Richard Lewis, file)
Richard Hatch, who won the first "Survivor" television program, departs federal court in Providence, R.I., in this Jan. 24, 2006, file photo.   (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
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