# Wesley Sniped sentenced to 3 years for Tax Evasion **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [April 24, 2008, 4:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wesley-sniped-sentenced-to-3-years-for-tax-evasion/47369 "2008-04-24T16:23:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 6:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wesley-sniped-sentenced-to-3-years-for-tax-evasion/47369/21 "2008-04-25T06:40:15Z")
He’s just going to escape anyway, and they’ll have to send Tommy Lee Jones to catch him. ---
**Author:** ![9ONA3OOZX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/9ona3oozx/32/7242_2.png) [@9ONA3OOZX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/9ONA3OOZX)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 6:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wesley-sniped-sentenced-to-3-years-for-tax-evasion/47369/22 "2008-04-25T06:46:16Z")
i’m n00b about all this kinda stuff…but, if he’s $14 million back in taxes, why can’t he just pay the $14 million with some interest and be good to go? it’s not like he doesn’t have the money… The way i see it, the government could use his money a lot more than they could use another inmate to spend money on feeding and such… ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 6:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wesley-sniped-sentenced-to-3-years-for-tax-evasion/47369/23 "2008-04-25T06:50:29Z")
I would say if you brought your tax return to a very professional accountant who you paid decent money for, and he said. I found a loophole in article 4b, item 12452 clause 4, and since you qualify for item 8a, you actually are exempt from taxes this year, you would be fucking ecstatic, brag to all your friends about your awesome accountant and spend your money on some shitty bodykit. Equating this to robbing a liquor store is a far cry from what’s going on here. It’s general public knowledge that robbing a liquor store is illegal. It is ALSO general public knowledge that the tax system is LOADED with loopholes and tricks that only accountants know. People always say that a good accountant can save you TONS of money on a tax return. Someone leading a life like Wesley Snipes relies on people around him to take care of this stuff for him. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 6:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wesley-sniped-sentenced-to-3-years-for-tax-evasion/47369/24 "2008-04-25T06:51:12Z")
> [@90NA300ZX](#): > > i’m n00b about all this kinda stuff…but, if he’s $14 million back in taxes, why can’t he just pay the $14 million with some interest and be good to go? Because it isn’t just a tax error. He broke lots of tax laws, for years, and forced this to go to trial. He’s way past the point of just paying the tax and penalties. > The government also charged that Snipes sent three worthless, fictitious “bills of exchange” to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in the amounts of $1,000,000 (on November 30, 2000), $12,000,000 (January 18, 2001), and $1,000,000 (September 10, 2002), with each accompanied by an IRS tax payment voucher coupon. That’s not, “my tax guy screwed up”, that’s outright fraud, done over a period of years. There were years of opportunity for him to hire a new tax guy and clear this up, but instead he kept trying one scam after another to get out of paying. ---
**Author:** ![TrueBlue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/trueblue/32/7245_2.png) [@TrueBlue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TrueBlue)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 6:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wesley-sniped-sentenced-to-3-years-for-tax-evasion/47369/25 "2008-04-25T06:53:26Z")
Prisoner 57 :lol: ---
**Author:** ![JoesTypeS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joestypes/32/7190_2.png) [@JoesTypeS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JoesTypeS)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 7:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wesley-sniped-sentenced-to-3-years-for-tax-evasion/47369/26 "2008-04-25T07:10:52Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > :tup: > > Fuck him. I’d feel bad for some guy who had to choose between paying his taxes and feeding his family. Show that guy liency. > > Snipes had to choose between buying the Gulfstream V private jet while paying his taxes, or evading his taxes and buying the gold plated Gulfstream V. I’m glad they made an example out of him. umm dot. ---
**Author:** ![nitroinsane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d26b3c/32.png) [@nitroinsane](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/nitroinsane)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 7:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wesley-sniped-sentenced-to-3-years-for-tax-evasion/47369/27 "2008-04-25T07:22:54Z")
> [@nitroinsane](#): > > who cares. he didnt pay now he loses > [@Tjsz](#): > > that is not right though. i saw on the news earler his accountant told him he did not need to pay taxes for what reason i do not know. but i do know that i would take the accountants word for it seeing as it is his job thats what he is paid for. i can understand paying the back taxes along with some hefty penalties but 3 years i dont know about all that Right.Well he deserve to go to jail for being the dumbest mother fucker alive. is wesley snipes a non profit organazation? ---
**Author:** ![snowracer101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@snowracer101](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/snowracer101)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 9:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wesley-sniped-sentenced-to-3-years-for-tax-evasion/47369/28 "2008-04-25T09:53:54Z")
Just to put this in relevance… I was at the DMV yesterday and on the wall was some 50 year old man who had sex with a 6 year old. He went to prison for 3 years. So, Raping a 6 year old = Not paying your taxes. in the eyes of the justice system. I agree that he should be punished. It just sucks he has to do 3 years because he is famous. edit: by sending him to jail, isn’t this going to cost the gov’t even MORE money? because they will have to feed him and provide shelter. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 10:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wesley-sniped-sentenced-to-3-years-for-tax-evasion/47369/29 "2008-04-25T10:16:22Z")
> Prisoner 57 ^ LOL ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 10:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wesley-sniped-sentenced-to-3-years-for-tax-evasion/47369/30 "2008-04-25T10:24:46Z")
So, can anybody read? > Snipes maintained in a years-long battle with the IRS he did not have to pay taxes, using fringe arguments common to “tax protesters” who say the government has no legal right to collect. After joining Kahn’s group, the government said Snipes instructed his employees to stop paying their own taxes and sought $11 million in 1996 and 1997 taxes he legally paid. It wasn’t a mistake. He feels entitled to live here without contributing. Fuck him. Deport him and give his SSN to a Mexican willing to work and pay taxes for all I care. :tif: ---
**Author:** ![badazzss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@badazzss](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/badazzss)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 5:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wesley-sniped-sentenced-to-3-years-for-tax-evasion/47369/31 "2008-04-25T17:21:00Z")
fixed. why should the govt care? > [@sedlmeier101](#): > > edit: by sending him to jail, isn’t this going to cost the general taxpaying public even MORE money? because they will have to feed him and provide shelter. ---
**Author:** ![RuBiCaNT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rubicant/32/7622_2.png) [@RuBiCaNT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RuBiCaNT)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 6:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wesley-sniped-sentenced-to-3-years-for-tax-evasion/47369/32 "2008-04-25T18:37:53Z")
> [@badazzss](#): > > fixed. why should the govt care? $78 a day. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wesley-sniped-sentenced-to-3-years-for-tax-evasion/47369.md?page=1)