Lauryn Hill faces three years in prison for tax evasion

Lauryn Hill’s parents are 150 years old!  The singer received a three-month prison sentence yesterday for failing to file tax returns, but the New Jersey native still may struggle with math, according to the reliable source of tax news,

A federal judge Friday sentenced a key player in the once-lucrative Jenkens & Gilchrist tax shelter practice to eight years in prison.  From the AP:

Lauryn N. Hill, the Grammy award winning singer, was charged with failing to file three years of income tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service.

R&B singer Lauryn Hill has been sentenced to 3 months in prison for failing to pay nearly $1 million in federal and state taxes, The Associated Press reports.  She dodged a bullet on this one.

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Filed under: Celebs & Money, Taxes

Filed under: Celebs & Money, Taxes