Apr 13, 2007 • 1 min read

Marc Anthony to pay $2.5 million in back taxes

Marc Anthony must pay $2.5 million in back taxes after failing to file returns from 2000 to 2004, though New York officials will not prosecute him.

Marc Anthony, who we follow because of his excellent salsa music and salsa monga ballads, but who you might more commonly refer to as Mr Jennifer Lopez, will have to pay $2.5 million in back taxes after it turned out he'd not filed tax returns between 2000 and 2004. However, New York tax officials will not prosecute over the unpaid taxes because they are satisfied that the singer genuinely thought his accountant had submitted all required financial reporting to tax officials, and that taxes due had been paid. So that's all fine. Though two of Anthony's associates, including his brother Bigram Zayes, who acted as General Manager for Anthony's companies between 2000 and 2003, have pleaded guilty to tax felonies. So that's less fine. For them, anyways.

J Lo's financial affairs were not involved at all in the tax investigation because the couple do not and have never filed joint tax returns.

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