Comments Thread For: Roy Jones Jr. Now Battered By The IRS, Owes $3.5 Million

[southpaw_07]

Waz up with these slick african-american fighters? Making millions but either IRS is still running after them or some forget to put the rubber on and gotta pay for their 20 some offsprings spread across the country

[bojangles1987]

Damn. The hell is wrong with athletes, seriously.

[BetterCallSaul]

Why didn't Roy Jones pay his taxes?

He musta forgot...

[McBean]

Wouldn't it be much simpler if the tax was automatically deducted from any earnings?

[jtiger777]

Waz up with these slick african-american fighters? Making millions but either IRS is still running after them or some forget to put the rubber on and gotta pay for their 20 some offsprings spread across the country

uncle sam has the cheat code lol there is no law that commands u.s. citizens to pay taxes... FACT

[The Gambler1981]

Sucks for Roy Jones, he should be ok though as long as he can hold down a commentating gig. Good thing for him he lives in Florida because they can't take his home~

[carts]

Another graduate of the LeadUppercut School of Business

[mrjoeblive]

i don't always assume that these guys don't have the money they owe. Its possible they dispute the amount and will settle the matter in court. Either way it looks bad to have your business in the streets. All I am saying is that sometimes there is more to the story. I hope thats the case here.

good post. the feds came after me and said i owed them money from 2000. the accountants told me not to worry. the feds started taking 75% of my check. only to have to give it all back when we proved we were right. so the feds are not 100% correct. plus many entertainers have run ins with the feds. not just boxers. for the record im just a regular hard working guy not an entertainer

[mrjoeblive]

Wouldn't it be much simpler if the tax was automatically deducted from any earnings?

not really. the reason you get a tax return is because the gov took too much money from your wages. some prefer to see their money up front and not let u.s. hold it intrest free. also some swift people take the taxes and place them in interest bearing accounts and pay u.s. out of the intrest earned. there is a number of ways to play the tax game. just make sure your tax person knows the rules or you could become a slave of the irs. placed on a payment plan that has you paying them for the rest of your life.

[JmH Reborn]

uncle sam has the cheat code lol there is no law that commands u.s. citizens to pay taxes... FACT

And there is no law that commands the US Government to pay for roads, pay for transportation, pay for military, pay for social security, pay for medical care, pay for education, pay for housing, pay for energy, pay for infrastructure, pay for prisons, pay for broadcast airwaves, pay for internet and wireless infrastructure.

Paying our taxes ensure we remain a civilized society.

*sigh* Why even bother, I'm on a forum that only knows two words, Pacquaio and Mayweather