IRS slugs Prince Fielder with lien

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Prince Fielder Forgot to Pay His Taxes
Published 6/18/2008 by Josh Alper at FanHouse
... uncovered by the Detroit News. The money was earned as part of his $2.4 million signing bonus as the seventh overall pick of the 2002 draft and the lien was filed in September 2005. Neither Prince nor his agent, Scott Boras, answered requests for comment about the monies. ...

Det News: IRS slugs Prince Fielder with lien
Published 6/18/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
Det News: IRS slugs Prince Fielder with lien Get the skinny on lien beef… IRS says Prince Fielder owes $409,149 in federal income taxes: The Milwaukee Brewers first baseman is a former favorite son of Detroit, who grew up roaming a Detroit Tigers clubhouse inhabited by his father, slugger Cecil Fielder, who currently manages the independent league Atlantic City Surf baseball team. Father and son share good genes, home-run power and, according to public records, financial issues. Four years ago, The Detroit News reported about how Cecil lost $47 million in career earnings ...

Internal Revenue Service to Brewer: 'Hey Prince, pay up!'
Published 6/18/2008 at Big League Stew
Just a guess, but Prince Fielder probably doesn't like the IRS very much these days. First, he learns that he makes too much money to qualify for those nifty $600 stimulus checks — actually $1,200 since he's married with children — a lot of us have been getting.  And now they actually expect him to pay the $409,149 he owes from his rookie signing bonus.  The nerve! From the Detroit News  via the J-S: The IRS filed a $409,149 lien against Prince on Oct. 6, 2005, for unpaid income taxes. ...

Come on Prince...
Published 6/18/2008 by woziszeus (noreply@blogger.com) at Chuckie Hacks
... just shake their heads. Go ahead. Just ponder how it can happen. This isn't like writing in the wrong number of dependents by mistake. This isn't like forgetting to record the $82.46 in interest he earned on his checking account that he still jointly keeps with his Mom. This is $400K people. That's flat out NOT recording your effing salary. Being an accountant by trade, I find this type of shit fascinating. Now...to be fair to Prince, let's take a closer look at this thing. Look at the blog that broke the "story. " Read the actual lien that was filed by the IRS. The actual ...

Just Like Dad: Prince Fielder Owes IRS $400,000
Published 6/19/2008 by Brooks at SPORTSbyBROOKS
It’s been well documented how Cecil Fielder completely blew tens of millions of dollars after retiring from baseball, and now his (estranged) son is picking up the money mismanagement mantle slack to keep us all entertained. Prince Fielder can has cheezburger The DETROIT NEWS reports today that Prince Fielder“owes $409,149 in federal income taxes.“ More: The IRS filed a $409,149 lien against Prince on Oct. 6, 2005 , for unpaid income taxes. According to the lien, which you can see here, Prince owes the money from 2003, the year after he signed his first ...

There's A Nice Man In A Suit At The Door Who Would Like To Talk To You, Mr. Fielder [Prince Fielder]
Published 6/19/2008 by Rick Chandler at Deadspin
... The IRS filed a $409,149 lien against Prince on Oct. 6, 2005, for unpaid income taxes. Apparently it's from 2003, the year after he collected the above-mentioned signing bonus. Shouldn't your agent mention that tax thing? Um, Scott Boras, that's you, right? ...