February 9, 2004
Somebody Missed the Memo
This morning, the Georgia Department of Revenue posted a list of longtime tax deadbeats at its website. I glanced through it for a moment tonight, but as I read, I came across an oddity. Take a look for yourselves.
If you follow pop culture, you probably know the name Lisa Lopes as the offstage handle of Left Eye, a member of TLC. She comes from here, and had a pad in DeKalb County — which, sure enough, matches up with the location listed by her name on the Department of Revenue website.
So let's recap: she's rich, she's famous. and the state has an address where it can try to track her down. So what's the holdup?
I dunno; call me nutty, but maybe she has trouble paying taxes because she died about two years ago.
If this tells us much about the state of Georgia's record keeping, we ought to quit hoping to get that deadbeat money back.
Posted by Greg Greene at February 9, 2004 11:07 PM
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Nice detective work. That deserves a BlogCritics pointer...
Posted by: Tim Jarrett at February 9, 2004 11:53 PM
If you go through the business list, you'll see this one as well:
THE RIVAL GROUP GLADYS KNIGHT & RON WINANS S&U $446,458.11 3094202 Fulton 12/16/03
Posted by: Michael Demmons at February 10, 2004 6:25 AM
Wouldn't her heirs be responsible for repaying the tax?
Posted by: Joe at February 10, 2004 7:55 AM
Joe:
What heirs? I think I recall her dying unmarried and childless.
Posted by: Greg Greene at February 10, 2004 9:14 AM
Not heirs -- "estate." The people who got custody of the money.
Posted by: McGehee at February 10, 2004 10:58 AM
Yeah, her estate is still responsible for paying the tax liability incurred while she was still alive.
Posted by: Unlearned Hand at February 16, 2004 8:32 PM
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