Business reporter Elizabeth MacDonald has written a column in which she names people who were prosecuted by the U.S. government for failing to pay taxes.

MacDonald writes, "It's an open secret in Washington, DC and among IRS revenue agents and auditors that the IRS's decentralized operation often results in disparate treatment of taxpayers."

So, while the U.S. government doesn't go after Al Sharpton for failing to pay taxes, it did go after Doug Pielsticker, the former CEO of Arrow Trucking. A news report about his prosecution states, "Prosecutors said Pielsticker and his co-conspirator failed to pay the government the federal income taxes withheld from Arrow's employees in 2009."

Of course, Al Sharpton must be exempt from prosecution because ... because ... You tell me why.

you have up to 3 years to file, they seemed to have went after others.. wesly snipes is in jail now...

Wesley Snipes was released from prison in 2013 and placed on house arrest.

...Because he is untouchable....

cool, i was wondering if he was out... thanks

Your welcome

Hooray for tax evasion.

Snipes must be a republican.

Guess he wasn't on the WH guest list with a "frequent fraudster" pass like Sharpie and his 61+ visits

Uncle Al probably has his own bedroom.......

Anyone check the silver service lately?

define 'go after'

and then seek out their personal auditors to get the details of what activity has gone on between them and the government regarding their accounts

Im not privy to that info, although it is reported that Sharpton is has negotiated a payment plan,,,something I know can be done with taxes and student loans,,,lol


perhaps this person can negotiate , or perhaps they have already been offered the chance and did not...

Good.

why should he be in jail dodo?


hopefully you don't really buy into that?

Dodo, just because someone owes back taxes doesn't mean they are going to jail. Just like if Obama is impeached doesn't mean that he will be thrown out of office.
Besides, if he Sharpton had a "Get out of jail Card", he would have given it to Jesse Jackson Jr.

My Uncle got audited and he's a Democrat.

that was just for Camouflage!

I'll try to find the report I read recently from the NYT or Post that stated while Sharpie swears he doesn't owe any taxes (and individual tax files are confidential) the public records on the IRS website show that he owes $3.3 to $3.7M in unpaid taxes that remain unsatisfied on the books..... both state and federal

In an additional statement he said something along the lines of "every time there's a Ferguson he attends his tax records come up"

Gee..... I wonder why

Here's a sampler:

As Sharpton Rose, So Did His Unpaid Taxes

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/19/nyregion/questions-about-al-sharptons-finances-accompany-his-rise-in-influence.html?_r=0

He's also back-peddling on a public statement he made about "borrowing" $200K from his action network to fund his daughters college tuitions....... then he found out it was illegal, even criminal to do so..... OOPS!

In most states if you owe taxes you can't even get a drivers lisence or start/run a business

So what makes this ambulance chaser so special?

John Gotti thought so too!

Diversionary tactics.

But is he a friend of Barack Obama?

Give it to Jesse Jackson?.. he would have sold it to Jesse Jackson.. cash... no paper trail.