Pam Anderson Debt: Joins Lindsay Lohan & Stephen Baldwin in Failure to File Taxes
Following Lindsay Lohan's troubles with the IRS for not paying taxes, Pamela Anderson is the latest celebrity to be hit with tax liens, owing exactly $371,514.65.
TMZ reports that the former Baywatch actress owes the IRS $259,395.75 for unpaid taxes in 2011. She also owes the State of California $112,118.90 in unpaid taxes for that year.
Anderson had another tax lien back in 2010, owing $1.7 million to the government in unpaid taxes, according to TMZ.
Actress Lindsay Lohan also owes the IRS hundreds of thousands of dollars in back taxes for the years 2009, 2010, and 2011. She reportedly owes $233,904 in unpaid federal taxes.
Former Two and a Half Men actor Charlie Sheen reportedly helped his friend Lindsay out by giving her $100,000. "Charlie Sheen generously paid Lindsay $100,000 to help alleviate Lindsay's 2009 tax problem - but we're told Charlie's check barely scratched the surface ... because Lindsay also owes money for 2011," according to the website.
The IRS however seized the bank accounts of the troubled actress as they try to collect the remaining balance of her debt.
"Her finances are in a mess," a source said, according to a report from The Huffington Post. "She lives very large, staying at the best hotels and traveling first class. All the money she earns she spends, and then when it comes to taxes, she has nothing left. Right now, she is desperate to find a paying gig to just get this burden off her back."
But Anderson and Lohan are not the only celebrities in trouble for failing to pay taxes. Actor Stephen Baldwin, the younger brother of Alec Baldwin, was charged with felony tax evasion on Thursday. He entered a not guilty plea to the single count of repeated failure to file personal income tax returns. He allegedly has over $350,000 in overdue taxes and penalties.
Reuters reported that the actor handed a $100,000 check to the State of New York at his arraignment. He is due back in court on February 5.
"At a time when Rockland County and New York state face severe fiscal shortfalls, we cannot afford to allow wealthy residents to break the law by cheating on their taxes," District Attorney Thomas P. Zugibe said in a statement.
