He'll be back: Arnold Schwarzenegger owes the IRS
Filed under: Tax, Celebs & Money
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger owes $79,064.00 in back taxes, according to a federal tax lien filed by the IRS in LA County Superior Court.The IRS documents show that the actor turned governor owes $39,047 from 2004 and $40,016 in 2005. This seems more likely to be a fluke/oversight than anything more dire. It isn't a lot of money for someone like Schwarzenegger and even if he didn't have the cash, his wife Maria Shriver certainly would.
In another recent case of California's first family embarrassing itself, Maria Shriver has been caught running afoul of the state's traffic laws a few times: failing to feed parking meters, talking on a cell phone while driving, driving without a seatbelt, and Arnold himself was recently caught parking in a no-parking zone.
Still, I suppose there's an outside chance that Schwarzenegger really does have financial woes, and really can't afford to pay $79,000-plus in taxes. If that's the case, Schwarzenegger may have to make a return for the next installment of the Terminator franchise.
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11-27-2009 @ 9:12PM
JOANNA said...
i AM SURE THEY WILL CLAIM IT IS A FLUKE.
Therefore, he can just run over to the nearest tax office
and file..... as does the little guy.
In fact, I am sure he will park in a red zone while he does it,
and Maria can text her friends while she waits for him.
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11-30-2009 @ 7:06PM
Alfred Schrader said...
Ahnold can park anywhere he likes.
Who is gonna tell him no ?
Alfred Schrader
11-30-2009 @ 2:39PM
steve said...
sounds like an irs dam scam, they go after regular people for just 2 our 3 hundred dollars and run then to the ground but let rich people get thousands of and millions behind, what wrong with usa justice system in america, obama time to reform the irs you think,
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11-30-2009 @ 2:50PM
Mia F said...
NO ONE CAN HONESTLY BELIEVE THE GOVERNOR OF ANY STATE DOES HIS OWN INCOME TAXES, OR EVEN DROPS THEM OFF AT A LOCAL H & R BLOCK. HE HAS PEOPLE THAT ARE IN CHARGE OF HIS BUSINESS. IF HE OWES ANY TAXES, IT IHIS BUSINESS AGENTS FAULT. I CAN'T SEE HOW A MAN OWES TAXES, WHEN HE DOESN'T TAKE A SALARY FOR THE OFFICE HE HOLDS. HOW MANY OTHER GOVERNOR'S WORK FOR FREE??
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11-30-2009 @ 3:03PM
buckdoctor said...
And look how much he f*cked up the state!
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11-30-2009 @ 3:10PM
seancoddington said...
11-30-2009 @ 3:03PM
buckdoctor said...
And look how much he f*cked up the state!
yeah because california was on such stable ground before he took office.
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11-30-2009 @ 3:29PM
Candace said...
HAHA Yea, well this doesnt suprise me! California is so broke! Besides, we all knew it wouldnt be a good idea electing an actor for the job of governor but people thought it'd be cool. See what happends when you dont choose wisely? But seeing as I also live here and pay tons of taxes, I would like to know "WHERE THE HELL IS ALL OUR HARD EARNED MONEY GOING?" Well besides paying welfare to give the money to lazy people who go out and buy new cars and exspensive clothes! Im sad to say california isnt what it used to be! I would not advise anyone to move here, you'll just regret it!
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12-01-2009 @ 1:02AM
minnie1976 said...
Ronald Reagan was another actor who was elected to be governor of California.
11-30-2009 @ 8:55PM
Bill said...
Did you forget Reagan? Ronnie was gov before pres
11-30-2009 @ 3:56PM
elsorrell said...
OK where are all you republican haters now. I just sat back and watched while you had a feast on Obama cabinet picks, knew it would just be a matter of time. It sure is humiliating when your little false Gods end up with feet of clay. People aren't perfect, we all screw up, it's just your sanctomonious hypocrital attitudes that infuriate me.
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11-30-2009 @ 4:15PM
TIMJOFRED said...
Why is it whenever a Republican does something bad or gets into trouble the rightwingnuts come out in force to defend them. If this had been a democrat governor the republiCONS would have been howling for his or her head.
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11-30-2009 @ 4:26PM
Dennis said...
Well the Kennedy women must have picked the idea that laws and rules are only for the little people.
I bet that local law inforcement doesn't bother them either.
Just like our US Congress that seem to have just become the elite of our society.
Dennis
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11-30-2009 @ 4:47PM
Edwardosan said...
Im sure if he was a blithering democrat or sicko liberal it would have been ok.....
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11-30-2009 @ 5:19PM
leni said...
It's pretty obvious from the type of tickets they're getting that they consider themselves above the rest of us. If they don't think they have to obey simple traffic laws they very likely see no problem in avoiding taxes. It's not as if they should be bothered with such mundane tasks, you know?
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11-30-2009 @ 6:34PM
Bryan said...
Leni, I just think they have the money to pay the tickets so they don't really give a crap
11-30-2009 @ 5:54PM
Thomas Hofer said...
I am a native of Austria like he is, and I was also born in 1947. I became an American citizen in 1976, seven years before he did. I have a feeling that the government would not have allowed me to owe that much in back taxes.
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11-30-2009 @ 6:43PM
julie said...
Doesn't this sound like the typical politician, and political family. All the rules and regulations are for other people. Not me. Timothy Geithner?
Do we really need more of this from Washington?
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11-30-2009 @ 7:08PM
L.Johnson said...
republican owe money....why do I find that strange to believe ????I'm laughing my arse off
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11-30-2009 @ 7:24PM
bing said...
California was built with crystal and glass, and Obama has been throwing stones at it since he took office, although I doubt Arnold owes the IRS anything.
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11-30-2009 @ 7:54PM
aj said...
HE AS GOVERNOR,HAS THE RIGHT TO PARK ANY WHERE HE PLEASES,INCLUDING TOW AWAY ZONES.IT IS STIPULATED IN THE RIGHTS OF A GOVERNOR OF ALL 50 STATES
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